Her smile was a little rueful but she had to agree with what he said. Unpleasant times was what got most people here in the situations they were in. "I did some talking about it before I got in the system, not as much after. I'm willing to give it a try again sometime, though." It helped, a little, but her nightmares, the terrors that woke her screaming, never quite seemed to go away. She looked down at her hands, loosely clasped in her lap, and back up. "I'm pretty open about the reason why, generally. I was raped a few years back pretty badly, and it's what led to me doing what I did. But those are what I've been left with."
That much, she told just about anyone who asked, aside from admitting she had night terrors. Most people never went so far as to ask, when she told them she wasn't quite right still, what was still wrong. She returned his smile though. "If I have issues, I will ask. I'm not much of a shrinking violet most of the time. I just usually can tell what's up in that area and what I need to help with it all." She shrugged faintly, used to taking care of herself.