"Then you haven't been doing it long enough." Natasha had even gone on public health crusade, once, back when she felt she'd lost without a cause. It had been more about her than it had been about smoking, about the drugs, and she knew that now. But she could still recite the Surgeon General's warning if she had to.

That was all boring, though. Things stuck in the past that should stay there. She wondered what it was that caused Gilbert to lose his focus— but she didn't ask. Not yet.