"Yeah, I suppose so. I guess I've been called ruder things as well." Richard respected a woman like this. The kind of woman that has the sharp cleverness to her, that sense that, once she gets going, there's a big plan in motion. It's oddly comforting.

He gets up and dusts himself. His eyes go blank for a second. "Oh, and, uh. I hope wherever you take that fight, just keep your back against a wall if you can help it. Getting chucked out of the seventh story of a building hurts. You know what, just have a plan for falling from great heights in general, it's just a good idea."