"I wish I had your confidence." It might be pessimism that brings down her faith, and it might be experience. After what happened with Alex, it's hard for her to move forward boldly with this.

That was only the most recent.

The thing was, she was sure that whatever the chaos, she would probably be able to get through it herself, even turn it to her advantage. But she has priorities outside of herself right now.

"But either way... we're in a better position to handle it than we were."