"I'm suggestin' a compromise," Reno said, after a minute of chewing on what she'd said. "I mean... If I can't change, and you don't wanna change me, the least we can do is try to find some way that it works for both of us, zoto."

A pause. A frown. A little squeeze of her hand in his.

"Without just pretendin' it's all gonna go away."