"Sometimes we all do things we aren't proud of to survive. But I understand. It's about being what you see as your--best self? The self you can be proud of, that other people will respect."

She clasps her hands and gives a big shrug, "Or I suppose in your case, fear? Both? Someone that people are scared to cross because of who you are?" And wow that brings up some kind of feeling in her. Hasn't she wished that herself?