[Current and future as she sees it, Captain, but there are things no one knows and since she can keep that hidden a little longer, she will. She has no file here for his old friend, no tangled web of a past history to unravel.

But he is right. She's been far more open with him in recent days than she ever is with anyone outside of her partner. He's hit a level of trust and respect from her that normally takes years to generate. But then again, she's never really met someone like him before. She's not really sure if there is anyone else like him.

At his question, she gives him a crooked smile and holds up her mug of cocoa.]

It means we do what we can with what we're given and make the best of it until an opportunity presents itself. One always does.