Mm. Maybe it's not super productive, but sometimes there's just some genies you can't put back in the bottle, you know? Just gotta live with that.

[she looks out in front of her and puts the cigarette to her lips without smoking from it just yet. she has to figure out the right way to answer lazarus while still keeping herself... guarded, more or less. even if he's damn close to where she's at. even if she's reading between the lines.]

Damn good question, you know? What's it look like, anyway? Walking a friendship back to something a little more distant. [a thoughtful pause as she takes a drag. holds it in. blows it out slowly and for dramatic effect.] Especially without letting him realize I'm doing it. Maybe I just have to get as ice cold as you are red hot.