I appreciate your attempt to lighten the mood, Miss Lottie. The effort, anyway. I suppose I could pretend to have a sense of humour for your benefit, but … "Okay, okay. You like talking these things out, right? What's on your mind?" … My mind. "Yeah, on your …" I was not repeating the question, Miss Lottie. My mind is, indeed, on my mind. As usual.