[He chuckles.] A tough guy like you probably didn't think twice. [Although he's teasing a bit, he does genuinely believe it when Vance says at much. He noticed, but it doesn't phase him the way it does others.]

She did. Her life was harder than it had any right to be. [The same could be said about Vance, he suspects, although he doesn't say as much.] It's hardened her in some ways, but she hasn't let it ruin her spirit. I wish I had half of her tenacity.