I can guess at some of the reasons for it, by examining things they have brought up the network, things that have prompted stronger reactions than expected, little details they have told me about their lives, and so on...like assembling a puzzle.

[Most of her practice at reading between the lines has been used for less kind purposes. A mercenary needs to know how to use and manipulate people, and her privileged childhood was spent exposed to politics. She can get a read on people to some degree, but not in the way that helps people. And here, where there is no currency, there's no point to her previous line of work.]