[Some of that wariness - well, it doesn't evaporate, but it does ease a little. What she's being shown is respect. She doesn't get nearly enough of it. And while admittedly she doesn't seek it - it's easier to seem vulnerable and be stronger than you act than to demand respect and be weaker than you seem - she likes it. She's getting used to it.]
[When she offers Gwen a smile, now, it's almost genuine.]
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[When she offers Gwen a smile, now, it's almost genuine.]
That's right.
Abigail Hobbs.
The other thing you called me was okay, though.