[It's not something Ellie's super into talking about; she rattles it off like hey, it's something Yseult needs to know, but not something she particularly has feelings about being known. It's just a weird thing that happened to her.

Ellie looks up, the corner of her mouth firming up with a nod.]

You make it sound a lot better when you put it that way.

[As a position of power rather than a position of helplessness. As a way of remaining in control, by controlling what other people think. Ellie hasn't considered it like that before. But when Yseult says it, it seems obvious.]

I'm used to people thinking I'm not a threat. It's how I get them to drop their guard. If we're leaning on that...

[It opens up some possibilities.]