[Maria is good at pretending. Not to mention that this is the first time anything this horrible has ever happened to her. For all the woman's bravado she's lived a pretty sheltered life.
It takes her a while to answer though. Part of her is just taking in the horror that's just happened around her, part of her is fighting the pain from her injuries that is seeping through the adrenalin that kept her from feeling the full intensity of it till now.]
Been better.
[She's actually cracking a small smile at that comment.]