Seems that I've bought into my own legend a little too fully, doesn't it. [ finishes off her drink in a pair of swallows ]
There's nothing you can say. Just as there's nothing I can say about your past that would make it remotely less painful. I suppose listening is all we can do, and it has to be enough. [ pushes up out of the chair and, because it seems to make perfect sense, gives him a quick kiss on the cheek ]