The odds wasn't the point of what I said, though.

[ She literally spelled out the point for him and it just went... over his head? ]

"And I wasn't really acting cute, either. [ The copy pipes in, hand going through her hair. ] Not to mention that I object to being called a 'fake', but all I want is for people to stop being reckless with fire - with things that they shouldn't be dealing with unless they're a professional."

[ To be honest, Raina can't say much to the 'emotional' part, if only because it's a lose-lose situation; revealing that she's emotional normally means exposing a weakness to a stranger. Saying that she isn't emotional at all is also dangerous...

She needs to avert both of those problems, somehow. ]

I have the normal range of emotions, thank you very much. If she's being emotional, it's because she's a fake, after all.

[ Not that she can deny that garnering sympathy like that is a very good tactic. ]

"You're just saying that because he thinks you're the real one."