Dora laughed softly. She should have expected the argument from him. "Fine. This time, if you insist," she said, giving in with good grace. In the past, she never would have offered -- but her means had been so limited up until just recently that she couldn't have afforded it. But she'd hidden the worst of her past problems from the world, unless someone had cared to dig deep.
"I'm still an ambitious lass," she said with her usual quick grin. That had never changed. The amount of work she was required to put into life was all that had changed. "I'm trying, though I do love the job. I just don't love that it's all I do sometimes, or dealing with her all the time." Though without the distraction and busyness, Dora knew she'd be at too many loose ends. She used it all to keep herself on a line, controlled and structured so she didn't go too far off track.