"Only when they are with other ladies."

She tries so hard not to smile, but it is no use. Her smile widens, and then it is a laugh, and this might be the first time she's laughed in a long time now. "Oh, Sallie. It is... not fun being stranded here, but I can only be distressed about it for so long."

Setting the teacup down -- it's in grave danger of spilling, she laughs so hard -- she mutters the words beneath her breath. "Gou shi. There. That is for all the sadness and heaviness."