[For a brief moment, she takes on an almost wistful look — though the way she's averting her eyes slightly might have as much to do with the wiping of the blood as it is any sort of shyness.]

I don't think so. An unlikely story...is rather what I'm sure many people must've thought about me, when I arrived not so long ago.

If it would be of some help to speak about it...perhaps it's not such a very great help, but sometimes it's a comfort simply to know someone is there to listen, if you should like.