[The funny thing is that she thinks it's honest, that he'd say it that blankly.]

I've saved a man, once. [She doesn't have to say who.] I did it outside the hospital, performed a medical act that I'm not technically qualified for. Saved his life, but I could have lost my license.

[She sighs, swallows thickly. She's not saying she would excuse everything he's done, but what's back home shouldn't really influence what's here. They need to be able to trust each other. At some point, anyway.]

Point is, there are degrees to honesty.