She nodded in her usual reaction to hearing that statement, it was really all they could do was be blindly optimistic about these things. Cynicism didn't help much.

"I've come too far to quit now." She confirmed gingerly running her good hand through the sweaty hair left on her head.

"Have you been doing this stuff a long time?" She asked trying to turn the conversation to more pleasant waters while every part of her wanted to scream and cry and curse and pout about how unfortunate she was.