"The winning was in reference to this situation, not the entirety of life," she replied as he looked away. "I know life is for living," she added, softer, "and I know I draw too many literary comparisons, but I know more about what's between pages than outside of them," she admitted. "Of the good things, anyway," she added, "but you aren't going to ask me about that, are you?" she continued, even softer. "My preaching works in the same way your defensiveness does, Daniel. I'm not certain either of us can help it, and I don't think either of us truly mean to do it."