[She opens her mouth, pauses, then closes it, looking a little surprised. She liked to pretend, on good days that she moved as easily as anyone else, unburdened and unrestrained.

Maybe her front isn't as good as she'd like it to be. Rei glances down at her hand, thumb moving over her ring finger where the paler ring of skin announces where a ring should have sat.

After a moment she raises her head again, her smile not quite reaching her eyes] I do my best. That's all that can really be asked of me, isn't it?

[But she takes in a breath and places her hands on her hips to mirror him, looking around]

I won't go easy on you, you know. Can you handle that? [She tries to hide her smile, but there's a definite teasing tone in her voice]