Nope, not a douchebag, and not a womanizer, either. Although Freddy's blatant enthusiasm is starting to concern her a little. "Yeah, he is, but.he's also a real person." She's sure Jim will be flattered to have such a diehard fan, but she doesn't want to set Freddy up for disappointment, either. "And I don't know if he knows that his life is a tv show in someone else's universe, so you might want to be careful about telling him that."

For a moment, she wonders if her world is a fictional show somewhere, but she quickly dismisses the thought. Her life story is fraught with tragedy. Who'd want to watch that?

She's not so sure about his reassurance -- as tough as he may be, he still failed spectacularly to keep himself safe at least once. He said he was a cop, though, she should have a little more faith in him. "It is, but you can't always rely on the anti-violence field. It's less reliable the farther you are from the Plaza, and once in a while it'll fail completely."

Giving an uncharacteristically paranoid look around her, she leans in a touch and lowers her voice. "People can do other things to you, if they want to hurt you. I used to treat the Nexus like a safe haven, but it isn't. It's wonderful and still safer than my spaceship, but... just be careful, okay? Don't make the same mistake I did."