"That's exactly it. A story, you just make it up as you go along."
This was much better than fighting. As a rule, Thomas could see anyone's side of things and usually get along with them. But she'd found the one sore spot. Being defined by his birth tended to annoy him to no end. Not frankly fair of him to hold it against her, though. From the sounds of it, she'd been in the same boat.