Self reliance was kind of important. She understood that. Oh gods did she understand that. "I wonder if the Penrosian council will panic when they go to clean out my apartment and trigger the self delete..." that was enough to cheer her up honestly?

"They didn't really approve of Drifters accessing their core systems. I never liked that term, Drifter. Let's not use it here or anywhere alright?" How was that for changing the subject on a high note?