[ Though Grell gives him a look at the first comment, her features ease as she begins to give thought to his words. ]

... You must know by now, it's all been learnt. [ With a dramatic, heavy sigh, she allows her head to fall back into the cushioning. ]

Everything that came to pass - as I knew it, anyway - could have been avoided, if I weren't so weak. I was pathetic. [ For just a moment, she is silent. ] I knew that if I was going to-- survive, I had to become everything that I wasn't.