"I have never had any reason to be concerned with how I look. In Deepground, I was considered too weak to matter, so my appearance was trivial and I didn't care. Here..." She hesitated for a moment. "I suppose I assumed the same thing. I did wear a dress to that Masq, but I bought it because it was inexpensive. And blue."

"But I do not think I would consider my appearance worthwhile enough to voluntarily go through additional pain."