"I was close," she replied, brushing hair behind her ear. "Yes, the smell is something else." She didn't comment on the use of phallus as a name. Different people held different things to be dirty. She had her own points of contention with language and how it was misused and misinterpreted.
She listened to what he had to say about Seattle and, finding herself agreeing (at least for the most part), nodded. "Some woman who went into early labor... Sorry, sorry." A sigh. "That was disrespectful of me. Medical leave extended and apparently she decided not to return. Hazard of the day, I imagine."