[A faint grimace touches her lips, Kate it appears uneasy with anything being said against Richie and yet she knows that given what had happened? Klaus had every reason to lay the blame, solely at his feet.

Her mouth falls open at the implication of his words, though, Kate's uneasiness lost in her haste to make one thing clear.]

Richie would never hurt me. [She believes that too, despite all the reasons she has to think otherwise.] That's... why he was so, abrasive.

[There was more to it, a suspicion that to Kate's mind, bordered on paranoia but she now suspected his reaction had more to do with their disagreement days before than anything Klaus had said or done.]

We'd only just arrived in Wonderland and, he has good reasons for not trusting people easily. He's not a bad person, he's just... protective.