Speaking my mind--especially to you--is one of my life's greatest trials. [She rolls her eyes.] It's so hard to stop.

[Good, he's at least trying to use logic instead of his guilt complex. As long as he's doing that for himself, all she really needs to do--or can do, for that matter--is let him.] And we both know how likely that is. [More gently:] Most people? Is there anyone you haven't made peace with [she echoes the tapping gesture--on his head, of course, not hers] up here.