"Of course I'm miserable," and she looks even more so for having to confirm it. "I don't want to say it to you at all. I don't even know your name, and yet I remember every word you say because they're so-" a deep breath, because she has no idea what word is actually going to come out.

But she has to finish the statement. "Provoking. Like no matter what I say, you're just going to twist it and make me feel even worse for it. And I keep replaying it in my head and no matter what alternate responses I try to come up with, I always lose."