"Right?" said Amaya. "Exactly. And not only that, but at least with your snake situation, I assume you were still very much...you. I was very much...not. I could've left an awful lot of....interesting first...impressions," give her a second, "if it had been a more exciting night, let me tell you that much."

There was the second. Amaya snorted.

"Impressions. Ha. That was pretty good, and I didn't even mean that one."