_{[That gets a bigger smile, though there's a sad hint to it.]}

I-- yeah. Sorry, didn't mean to make it seem like I was wallowing. I'm glad you're still here.

_{[It was partially for the friends that she HAD here that she had stayed in the first place, after all...]}

'Least now you won't have to sneak around the hotel, right?

_{[... he'd probably do it anyway.]}