"Oh, thanks." She's a little surprised by him mentioning it, her smile lopsided. "When I was in high school, I knew I'd never be a cheerleader or anything, but I did it up in team colors for sports events sometimes."

There's an undertone of embarrassment there, for a few different reasons. Perhaps the loudest is that she had her cane, even back then, and was desperate to fit in somehow. Even back then.