[pretty shitty way for her to have broached the subject, she realizes once she sees how much effort Freya's putting into saying the right thing here. score one for navigating social situations, Anna.]

That's pretty smart. Pretty much what I was trying to do for a while there, too. [not for... too many years now, though. it's been coming back lately, with the world opening up to her as it has since January, but. still.]

Sounds like you've had to tell that to people before. You got a lot of friends going through quarter-life... crisises? [never had to pluralize it before.]