August 17, 2015:
In a later moment of calm I ask about her verbal aggressiveness.
"It's a service I perform for select friends," she says, not without a certain self-pride. "With my superior insight I'm able to help them achieve breakthroughs into self-awareness from which they're otherwise blocked, by defenses and self-deceptions. Like setting a broken bone, it can be painful for them, but they thank me afterward for not allowing them to wiggle out."
I won't be thanking her.