“Socializing is exhausting,” she said.

“Why is that?” he asked.

“I don’t know. I don’t like to talk about myself. And I don’t have strong opinions about things.”

“You’re a listener.”

She conceded with a shrug. “People have a habit of talking at me at length.”

“About what?”

“Anything. Everything.”

“You must learn a lot of secrets.”

She stared thoughtfully at nothing in particular. “I learn more about the people themselves.”

“Like what?”

“They like to talk about themselves. And they have strong...