"It kind of was, but I've been thinking a lot about that this last month or so already, you know? It's not exactly how I'd describe it even now, but I know... I know I've missed years I should've got to be a kid. It was... it was everything she said after that really got under my skin."

She doesn't immediately elaborate, brow knitting as she tries to think of how you even broach this. She shovels a spoonful of ice cream into her mouth and flinches at the bite of brain-freeze.