It happens a lot in our line of work.

[She can most certainly handle blunt. She doles it out pretty generously, herself. It's the best way to handle things a lot of the time. Beating around the bush doesn't do anyone much good. Neither does sugarcoating.]

I've known more than a few people who've met that end, myself. Some were my fault. Some not.

[She smiles thinly in reply, and it doesn't even come close to reaching her eyes, just bitter and full of regret and doing her damnedest not to let it show.]