A lot of people who aren't from Ixia don't like it. It's just what I know. [She shrugs after a moment.] I had a choice to live or not. So far it's given me almost a year of life I wouldn't have had otherwise. And well, I learned skills. Ones I use here actually.

[And at this point, Yelena picks up a glass in front of her.]

Did you know that poisoners can mask the taste of a poison in the smell of a drink?

[She swirls the liquid around in the glass, watching it. She takes a sip then with her nose pinched shut, and then as quietly as she can manage, gargles it.]

Sometimes it's as simple as that to detect it's been tampered with.