[ She squeezes right back, her posture much more relaxed than it was for a while there, tangible relief in her expression. ]

Yeah. Yeah, that's what it's like. And we're so different, and I'm so much more... difficult, I guess, that it's exhausting. Because all of what I am looks worse, next to you, y'know...?

[ She never thought she'd actually be talking about this with him. ]