[She lets him talk, even though, y'know. He's wrong. Completely wrong. But she can't come out and say it like that! she sips her tea and lets herself lean on him a bit, a companionable gesture more than anything else.]

You didn't have to do those things, no, instead you are literally forcing your body to adapt itself to a foreign environment, right? [He's out here with her right now, he's mentioned going into the administrator building, too.] It seems to me that there's a part of your job that plays to your strengths, but there's a really good chunk of it that doesn't, and you've done it for a good while without ever complaining or giving up. And it seems like it played out that way because you do love your job and the city.

[She tilts her gaze to look up at him evenly.] I know you might not believe me, but that's just as valid as the fact that I went to school for five years, Boxer.

[There's a snort, there.] Actually you might be cooler, I got to leave college and I won't go back unless someone forces me.