[Well, goodbye sweet handkerchief. She holds it out for him to take. It’s a waste of that pretty face to be all gross and drippy, after all.]

Then everyone you’ve ever met is an idiot. [She will stand by this too because being able to cry, having a support network that allowed you to be weak even if just for a moment was important, cathartic even.]

And I wouldn’t mind if my leader cried sometimes. It would mean they trusted me enough to let me be there when they were vulnerable, right? Besides, your kind of thinking is really short-sighted. Crying is something all humans do from the moment they’re born.

I’d rather take a look at what the leader is going to do after they’re done crying.

[Would they wilt and resign themselves to their fate? Or would they pick themselves up afterwards, become stronger and carry on? That, to her, is what makes a great leader.]