It's easy, to think of all the ways she could have given up. Watching Firo curiously as he talks, she wonders if he ever entertained the same dark ideas, almost fell to the oddly comforting thought of just letting it all end. It's not something she'll ask him about, though. Ever. Things like that you don't just ask a person. She's been through enough to know when something is a subject you never bring up.

"I guess that's one way to look at it," she responds with a faint smile and a shrug. "And you kind of have to be a hard ass in my line of work if you're gonna survive. I'm guessing it's the same for you sometimes?"