"I'd ask if they wouldn't perhaps show some signs of being a Randian ubermensch prior to that, but I suppose nobody would have mistaken me for a Celtic goddess when I was a teenager."
"Eh, I just wanted to apologize if I made things awkward with my impromptu appearance the other day. I know Miranda was sort of non-plussed by my presence."
"She has issues she's still working through, regarding the idea of people being used. Given what you yourself went through, I think she's especially prone to stick up for you."