An assistant can be a big help, though! My father was a doctor... he said he did his best work when he had someone competent assisting him.

[She smiles a little bitterly, though, at his question.]

I'm not sure I'll ever really get used to it, but... I'm glad I had something to use as a crutch, at least. [She pats the hilt of her trusty katana, which has stopped being an instrument of murder since she got here and is now more of a cane these days.] ...I'm just happy to be alive, honestly.