[Grammar] We are n...

[Sneymarin]

Hello, I would like some help with punctuating the last sentence in this short dialogue:

COLE
You got the key! Did you say hello to the aliens down there?
WILLA
Yeah, I greeted the heck out of them! A heads up would have been nice Cole.
COLE
I like to surprise my friends.
WILLA
We are n...(deep breath) I like surprises Cole, just not the "life threatening" kind. I have to keep going, you know... to save you all.

I want to indicate an interruption with "We are n...". Willa stops mid word because she doesn't want to be mean. I was thinking of using an em dash but I'm not too sure.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Rover_KE]

An em dash is best.

We are n—.

 

[Sneymarin]

Like this, right?
"We are n—I like surprises Cole..."

 

[GoesStation]

Like this, right?
"We are n— I like surprises Cole..."

You need a space after the dash — see above.

 

[Sneymarin]

I thought you shouldn't put a space after an em dash.

 

[probus]

I think the punctuation is just fine as you have it, with n followed by the ellipsis ...

I really don't see why a dash would be better.

 

[GoesStation]

I thought you shouldn't put a space after an em dash.

It takes a space when it represents an interruption.

 

[GoesStation]

I think the punctuation is just fine as you have it, with n followed by the ellipsis ...

I really don't see why a dash would be better.

I think a dash works better when a word is interrupted. An ellipsis may be appropriate after a complete word.