"Not being prepared for it..." She tapped her fingertips idly against the table while she contemplated that. "That makes sense, I think. That's closer to how I feel about it, anyway. There's nothing about death that scares me. I just don't like not seeing it coming."

She paused for a moment after that was out there, however; the question regarding whether she felt sorry for those parts of her that were gone...it wasn't something she had really considered before.

She found herself idly playing with that brooch on her dress.

"I don't feel sorry for them." It was a good start, if a bit hesitant; it was true, anyway. "It was just strange. Not having them there anymore."