She admired Meredith's will and prowess but she didn't like the woman. Even so, she wouldn't wish mindless gossip on her either. "It would just make her angry if she had to deal with them, I think. But that's the price anyone in power pays. It's a shame." Neither of them deserved it.

"You get up to enough on your own, I recall," she teased gently. "But I don't necessarily care, either. I can get my excitement carving up the coast on a weekly basis, if that's what I need." She had a feeling that with tensions still high, she wouldn't need to go that far to run into trouble. "The same could be said for you, though; you might think me too unpredictable or too prone to finding trouble after a while."