Are we meant to focus on simple things only, at the expense of discussing why the complicated was so complicated in the first place? Not in a circle, necessarily, but perhaps just to name what has been troubling us, so that we may address it. [ She isn't accusatory or anything, simply saying things aloud. She shakes her head; she knows it's a tall order for anyone to... sit in a circle, to discuss feelings. ]

... My apologies. I don't mean to impose how I think we should be dealing with what has happened. I am simply wondering what options we have here, since I do not like how disconnected so many of us seem to be.

I do wish more things could be solved like this - by making a new friend over a bottle of beer. [ She flashes him an amused smile. ] May I have your name, if you wouldn't mind sharing? I am Ororo.