[Her attitude, the way she talks, it reminds him of Tara. (Too much like Tara.) She talks tough, pretends as much as she can that she can handle things even with her stomach twisting and turning over what needs to be done, but at the end of the day she can't. She'll break under the pressure sooner or later, or need someone else to take care of things for her. She's someone who shouldn't have lasted this long and wouldn't have if not for luck and her own damn tenacity.]
[He bristles more, takes more offense at the reminder than he does anything she says.]
no subject
[He bristles more, takes more offense at the reminder than he does anything she says.]
You asked for my help, not my conversation.