What would have been mocking about asking Velanna? She is a marvelous woman, sharp, dangerous. You southerners do not quite know how to treat so lethal and lovely a lady.

[ With a touch of caution and a healthy dose of admiration. ]

I know I had a difficult time recently but I have returned to enjoying life well enough to keep living, Anders. [ wait, had he told Anders that? No?


...Time for another drink of whiskey. ] Thus- someone fun.