[He'd called her "sweetheart" back then, too.]

I know.

[She's not completely stupid, unlike what certain former colleagues/murderers of her acquaintance had told her.]

Would you rather I didn't talk to you, then? I don't want to make this... [she pauses before she blurts out "awkward" - it's obviously too late for that - and amends it to:] more difficult. Waking up here is a lot already as it is.

[That woman in New Bark Town certainly doesn't make things any easier.]