[ Of course, those words were enough to hit her where it hurt the most. True that she wasn’t exactly swayed easily, but it didn’t mean that she was a lost cause when it came to trying to reason something out. Deciding not to let it show that it visibly bugged her, she shrugs her shoulders while craning her neck around as if to say that his words didn’t bother her. All an act, of course, but what he didn’t know didn’t hurt him. Or her, in this case. ]

All things considered, that being an escapee convict, or ex-convict, it does seem that the world has had it in for you since early days. I would say something like ‘it must be tough’ but that would be forced pity on my part and I prefer not to give out insincere empathy. I’m not that cold-blooded.