with enough grit to survive
"You're a lunatic, Ashera. Get out of my ready room."
Ashera only yawned exaggeratedly, wincing as the stretch hit her neck.
"A lunatic? Ethel, Ethel, I thought you knew me better than that - I thought we knew each other! Surely you and I can be acquainted, in this matter?"
"Belay that last. Get out of my Ferronis."
"What, is it because you're Silver and I'm Tin? Give a girl the benefit of the doubt when she's working her way up! These things don't happen overnight, you know."
"Can you disappear overnight, then?"
"Negative. In fact, I was hoping to stay."