W-well, maybe that's a good thing!

[Eleanor can only stutter out a response. In five minutes, Edna had already managed to get her completely unhinged.]

[It should have been a harder feat, considering her travelling companions, but Edna has an edge that she's not used to. Her pout only intensifies.]

After all, it's better to fight nobly and keep a bright outlook, is it not? Even your brother has a creed he adheres to, does he not?

[Maybe she could come out on top still. But it was looking very, very unlikely.]

You know, the things you're saying could be taken as rather cruel.