She tilted her head encouragingly, curious as to what he had to say. His hesitance made her wonder about him even more than she already did, and she wanted to know what he was thinking. He wasn't very easy to read, but then a lot of people from prison weren't. "I'm glad you think so, Wu," she said after a moment. "There are things that won't ever heal quite right, but I know I'm better off than many." There was in her a hard core that would be hard to destroy, built by the odd combination of circumstances through her life.