[That was not really what she was expecting. But if there's anything she has come to expect from him, it's... nothing she necessarily expects. So.]

Well! I'm sure who I keep company with does affect things, but... I'm not going to change my mind about that just to calm them down. If they don't trust my self-control then... well, I don't blame them, exactly, but it's not as though letting other people control me all the time has ever made me feel better.

[And then silence. Because she's processing and, really, it's such a vague question.]

It isn't that being feared necessarily bothers me in itself, but... it makes people do strange things. And those things bother me. I really don't mind who I am - I'd rather be me than most other people.

Although being Teresa would be nice! She's very... composed.