[Help...shortening their names by combining them because he's too lazy to speak the full things aloud? He's even lazier than she is, in some ways. She chuckles, waving him off with her hand.]

Please, I wasn't implying that you did. It just sounded like something I might have heard before.

They're almost complete opposites, except in one way. Mithra does as he pleases, and I can't imagine Dr. Brenner is one who likes anything getting in his way. [So he, too, will do whatever he wants with little consideration for what others think.

Manuela pauses and looks back at the water and the reflections on its surface.] ... This is so irritating.