Okay, now that makes her looks offended. There's nothing idealistic for not wanting people to get hurt, for wanting to keep hurt and misery away from people who just want to live their lives in peace.

"I would like you to know that I'm turning sixty-four," she says, almost in a snappish manner. Looks like her heckles are raised at long last. "I've seen my fair share of scuffles and grudges. They're always the same in the end: Almost everyone always loses one thing or another in the end. Even the winners."