Bittersweet memories pulling me back

Such a simple question, to ask how someone has been.  However there were a couple of different ways one could answer that question, and Etoile at to take a brief moment to weigh those options.  The fae thought it better normally to tell the truth, however she really hadn't been doing very well and she wasn't sure that it was appropriate to just start trauma dumping right off the bat to someone she hadn't seen in so long.  The courteous thing to do would probably be to tell a lie, right?  Plus, if Etoile scared Cen off now... She'd missed the fae after they'd last parted... And she really didn't want to be alone again.  

"I've been well."  She finally settled on her answer and let the words form, smiling gently at the familiar stranger.  "And yourself?"