You know me, I'm pretty good at making the best of an unexpected situation.
[She carefully refrains from saying "a bad situation", because it's not that kind of day, and subtle attention to word choice sometimes makes all the difference.]
You're not allergic to strawberries or nuts or anything, I hope.
I don't think I'm allergic to anything, actually. Not that I know of, anyway. And even if I was, I think I might be able to keep myself from going into anaphylactic shock.
. . . I think what I meant to say is thank you. So thank you. I like that you're doing things you want to do, it makes me really happy.
You could do something like that? Oh, with your Stand, right? Because it does stuff with life.
That seems kind of funny, doesn't it? Making someone else happy by doing something that makes yourself better off, too. Kind of a weird gift, because everybody gets something out of it and it doesn't cost anything.
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