It almost sounds like she's speaking from experience, and I file it away for later, as something to consider asking about in the not-so-distant future when we're not standing in the ocean after nightfall, me fighting off a persistent, if low-level, panic attack.

"Oh," he said, sounding curious, though, admittedly, he had something of an inclination of where she was heading with an opening like that. There were only so many options, after all, and he could already name a few of them. "What else?"