[She thought about that for a moment. There was a frown, but she didn't seem so much upset as uncomfortable. Squirming slightly, she then nodded and spoke up.]

That, I suppose, would be true. But with how I am viewing it, and how I think I would prefer to view it, it would feel more like something given, not something worked for that I forgot about.

Though 'muscle memory' is a thing, isn't it?