[-oh. well, the blush makes it clear that some of that leaked out, but... that's all right. she smiles in return, warm, fond.]

... I worked on my own for a long time, right up until fairly recently. What you offered me, before you were killed-- it made this place less lonely.

[he offered her someone to rely on, on a more equal level, when she was so busy trying to make sure others stayed safe. when there were so few people she could ask that of. and-- what a pair they make, honestly. him with his immortality, his youth despite his age, and her with the lines in her face that shouldn't have been there yet, her lost time. both of their experiences with loss and with deaths that aren't the end.]

Stay here a while, Sieghart.

[this time, she does lean in to kiss him again, gently.]