[ On any other occasion, Jim probably would have deflected it. Were it most anyone else, he might've too. There's a strange sort of familiarity he finds in Shai, though. He doesn't know her too well just yet, so he can't say what it is. Just that he finds a kinship of sorts in her, and it makes him ease around her. Makes him more prone to opening up about himself, too.

He smiles, glancing at her only for a moment before looking out to the rain falling just outside the barrier. ]

Not sure I'd want the chance. I'm the product of my own experiences, good and bad alike. I don't know if I'd want any of them changed. [ Huffing a soft chuckle. ] I know, that's probably a little silly of me.