[vi can be oblivious but she isn't to the shift, here. makes note: reinforced diamond tip.]

Like the canteen in our bags, only ...much cooler, and not limited to liquid. Could have used something like that back home. Could have used it in my workspace. Which, by the way, was also an impromptu vacation to hell no.

[it sounds like saeri has been through something, and similar or not, it's a phrasing she can identify with, even if bitterly. so what else to do but use humor as a deflection?]

Yeah, kinda. But not the belly-laugh kind of funny. It's resourceful, though.