That's a difficult question, the kind you don't want to answer truthfully no matter how earnestly it's asked. That's the case (for Cameron, at least,) whether the answer's good or bad; she's disinclined to bragging and complaint alike, preferring when she's able to maintain an air of self-assurance. Unflappable. But truthfulness, too, is a matter of import and doubly so with Peter. It's one of the things she likes best about him, his (to use a heavy-handed word) nobility of character.

"It's been... a difficult few weeks," she admits, shrugging to dismiss a little of the emphasis on the words. "But I've been trying not to dwell on it. I think the City makes us more resilient, if nothing else."