That is the advice you told me, I believe.

[She turns her head to smile at him, still with that same sly coquettishness she seems to have patented into her personality.]

Unless my memories were significantly addled by the virus. Honestly, I think you have better balance between logic and emotion than most humans do. I was quite surprised at your response when I told you what I was, and what I had done.

[He'd weighed her words carefully, instead of impulsively hating her and calling her a monster, or immediately justifying her sins.]

Would that others were half as perceptive as you seem to be.