[ Give her a break- she's soldier-minded all the way and... literally wanted dead by millions back home, you know. :|

In any case, she quickly smooths herself out- both physically, by closing the bag and resettling it, and mentally, by latching onto this rather mundane conversation while she can, despite the repeated references to... rather non-mundane things and the continued sense of being 'off' from her that that causes. ]

Hm. Yeah, he gets pretty upset when I get after him, but Hope... not so much. I think he's probably pretty smart, but... still, his impulses often get the best of him.

[ Lightning-equivalent of a shrug goes here. Only she would talk about her pet like she's listing points of a performance review. She does love him though, honest. ]