[She looks down a little when Max asks, even if the other woman isn't looking at her. It's just instinct, now, to tuck her head, grip her hands a little tighter.]

I mean, I just... it's easy for me to b-be alone, like, to watch shows and read comics and not talk to people for a long time. Talking to people is really hard, and if I can... uh, avoid that. I do. But then I never talk to people, and I never make friends, and I get lonely and never come out again.

I was b-basically a recluse back home before I came here. For uh. A while.