"That's me, learning from experience," Dinah pointed out. "In Fandom, where I know a dozen people who'd back me up. I wasn't the one at risk, telling you that, except that you maybe you wouldn't want to be friends. And better to find that out the first time we met, than later." She shrugged. "You just got to Fandom. You don't know anyone else. It's not--" She paused, trying to figure out how to say it, then said, "Trust is a gift. That's all. And sometimes it's easier to give it if you already feel safe."