"It's nothing!" The researcher quickly retorted, her tone coming off much more sharply than she intended. Maybe it would get the pinkette off her back.

Why should she relate her life story to this girl, anyway? They had only met a short time ago! It wasn't even that interesting, anyway. She was born, her parents disappeared, she was adopted, she researched, she was lonely. Boo-hoo. Not like anyone, including herself, cared.