She hesitates.

It's not hard to see there's a story there; her eyes are focused intensely on his, trying to remember back to that first argument more than a year past. How much did she say back then? She can't rightly remember. But she does recall one thing with absolute clarity: Gene can be passionately defensive about fellow lawmen.

Things are going so well now that they've moved to a more comfortable venue, and she doesn't want to risk changing that.

"It's ... a rather long story. Perhaps y'should ask me again another time."