It isn't the right thing to say, if his response is anything to go by, but even with time to consider further, she can't think of anything that would have been a better answer. There are no words to match some revelations, only the silent kinship of disgust and anger.

"Then they'll have to get used to feeling prissy about it." She'll prove herself in other ways, given the chance - she's here, isn't she? - but if they're looking for warm bodies, they can look elsewhere.