With great power, comes great responsibility.

"I really should've finished my graduate work," I joke, pushing a hand back through my hair. Out of habit, I school my expression to keep a wince at bay, not wanting any undo attention, though given what she just went through herself, maybe I don't have to be quite so careful. "Then I could fool myself into think I had an actual reason to be in here instead of suffering from the effects of a reckless sense of responsibility."