[ Max's eyes draw back to Basil, and before she can stop herself, she grumbles: ]

That bitch. [ Mouth moving faster than her brain, as usual. She curtails the anger, quickly. ] That's- I'm sorry. I know that can't be...easy.

[ And, after a moment: ]

Me neither, really. I mean, I can still go out, but... The sunlight's gonna do a real number on my eyes. I can only really see well when it's night.

[ And even then, it's iffy. But she's not going to say that. ]