That's a bit of a surprise because, to the best of her knowledge, Amory is kind of an ass. She has a fairly high tolerance for that, of course, but it means buying her out of coffee seems a little out of place.

"Thank you," she says honestly, looking at him in a way that isn't palpably different, just slightly colored by a new little level of interest. You know what they say about anomalous behavior.

"I'm sure," she replies, with a wry little trace of a smile. It's a sympathetic one. Being sick is, after all, never any fun, even when you're not on the verge of death.