... Senpai, you don't... you don't have to keep bringing that up! [Her face turns red again.] And you shouldn't sell yourself short! People love you and your music because of the heart you put into it! We both had our struggles, it's not your fault they got solved when you were older than I was!

...

[Chris honestly looks surprised by that. She... she hadn't known how to ski, hadn't she? But then she'd pushed herself, and pulled it off.]

You're. You're right, I didn't. I hadn't thought of that...