He was trying for the charming thing again, though she did detect a touch of nerves in the way he kept rambling. Carol could have kept her back up though, tried driving home the point that dying, was just not something you hid. Until he asked what was upsetting her. Then she was the one stammering. "What? No, I mean, I'm always out of the loop."
She snorted and rolled her eyes, trying to brush it off. "And, no one said I was upset. That was, was anger. So you know, not upset, really, just anger. Because, well, you kind of, like to act like you're invincible. When you are clearly not! I mean, clearly!"