"You certainly would think so," she replied somewhat offhandedly. Then she blinked as her posture straightened. "It's always a lot easier to focus on other people, I think. So maybe what you perceive as kindness is really just me trying to not focus so much on whatever thoughts have crawled around in my head."

Lifting her shoulders, Voile offered a mostly casual shrug as she continued, "But I do try." To be kind, was what she meant.