[Yeah, she’s heard that one a lot. At least this is a sight better than making yourself comatose for weeks from exhaustion or dealing with a hole in your stomach?]

Yeah, it came from a ...complicated situation. But it’s resolved now, more or less.

[She chuckles, sheepishly.]

I’m definitely not either of those things, though I’m working on getting better at the first one, at least enough to defend myself better.