"Impersonally, I suppose. Take it as another unpleasant fact and file it away until it comes to cause problems." Katherine leaned over her knees, her heart pressing against one so that the beating reverberated into her skin. "I'm not sure. Bart knew in college but it's never been something that he was expected to deal with, so his reaction wasn't much more than repulsed."
Her chin rested on her knee as she said it, the words not loud at all in the heavy silence. "Or perhaps I expected something more. I'm not sure. It's easiest to assume the worst, of something like this."