What? You're not any of those things. [At least not that she's seen. Though technically some of those are words that could have been applied to her first and only boyfriend too, and she never noticed then, either. If nothing else, it's hard to feel condescended too when you don't feel like you know anything for certain.

She finally lets her hair fall back down over her neck, since that no longer seems to be a point of interest.] There must be a lot of assholes around where you're from, I guess.

[Who could say such mean things to someone with that cute of a smile? WHO?]

I know she would. You're both really kind. And smart.

[It's frustrating, and she doesn't know how else to explain it. There are just things that she knows. They're ever present, difficult to skirt around. Liquid water is wet. Gravity pulls toward the center of mass. Only the mission matters.]

Levi said maybe it's just the way I am. [Shrug.] Everyone's got stuff they're dumb about.