Guess jumping out of a bush to freak you out is out of the question.

[There's an amused "hmph" to follow after that. That's still an interesting thing to hear in his book. Not feeling fear can be a good thing, but a tad bit dangerous too. Just who or what was this woman?]

You're pretty strong, you know. You've been holding yourself up for this long. Some people I know would've ran away by now.