[But… Well, it is a nice thing to say. Easy in theory, where, as a wise old dolt of a man once said, everything works. Perhaps she’s too naive, still, stuck on some scrap of idealism.

[What the real world has is ties of one’s choosing, and that’s always messier.

[Her expression softens for that, too, less voluntary. Now she (thinks she) gets it…]

He means more to you. [Than anything else.]