[ Before she censors herself: ]

Don't give me that.

[ . . . Well, shit, if she said that she might as well lean into it, keeping her hands holding hers. ]

Something being an inevitability or less visible doesn't make it fine, especially if that's something you've been privately dealing with. [ . . . ] The sun's going to be rejecting me one of these days, that's not fine even if I've been prepping for it.