[Weird, how he gets that. He tips his head off to one side. He's never been good at this kind of small talk, it feels enough like gossip that it's making him uncomfortable, and he's not entirely sure why Steph is telling him all this, or what she wants or needs in return.]

It sounds like she's been through a lot. You both have. Sometimes it's-- hard to be a good friend to someone else if you don't know who you are first.