You know, I'm not traditionally a tea person - unusual, I know, given that I'm an older woman. But I could get used to it.

[She's much more of a wine lady, but she's not going to talk about that and make herself look like a lush. Instead she takes another sip, eyebrow quirking at the question. Ah, she may have said too much.]

It's just that I work fine on my own. And there's important work to be done at home, so it's for the best that only one of us is indisposed.

[It's a clinical, thought out answer, although not untrue. She desperately wants to return home - if the Hunger returns before she gets back... no, she won't think about it.]