[indignantly, face reddening again:] Don't be foolish. When, when I make it clear my opinions or...or feelings on this, that, or the other, I do so with meaning and careful forethought! Don't assume I went out on a whim without lengthy deliberation and musings well beforehand.

[she lifts her chin to get above her embarrassment:] In the rare chance I should be stripped of recollection, I've left myself a very potent paper trail to find reason again.