Root's been forced to accept a lot of ridiculous things already, and doubting Shaw isn't high on her list of options in any situation. She shifts, waking up a little more, drawing her arm up to trace her fingertips lightly up and down Shaw's arm where it's exposed on her side. She can be physically reassuring even if verbally she remains in threat-assessment mode.

"Are you worried about what you'll do?"

Stronger is something that can be proven empirically. The anger... is that what's bothering Shaw, or that she's changing at all?