Well... I didn't really do it expecting anything in return, so don't worry about it.

[She frowns. The last thing she ever wanted to do was hurt him. Seeing him like that and knowing the only way to stop him was with force had hurt more than she wanted to admit.]

I'll get by. If you say it helped then it was worth it as far as I'm concerned.

I'm sorry I had to... Well I'm sorry I had to do a lot of things that day.

[It does make her feel a bit better to see him alive and as well as one can be considering the deathflu. She had watched the trial but... Well she couldn't bring herself to say anything.]

It means the world to hear that right now, honestly.

Okay. No more secrets, I promise.

[There's a brief pause.]

I'm going to have to get a second table for cards. We kind of have a full house and that makes for a lot of birthday cards.