[She listens--actually stays quiet a while. But her voice when she speaks up again pretty much still sounds like there's a smile there, if a calmer one.]
All right. I believe you about all that, actually. And I hope it doesn't sound dismissive? Buuuut... not gonna change anything in my book though. [Ordinarily, she probably wouldn't say something like that, it's definitely not bat-"approved" line of thinking, but. hey.] I'm pretty sure you're stuck with the other nice people around, too. Gotta be a reason for that, right?