[He got it in one.]

...I am. I'm trying to be better about that.

[She gives him a small, sheepish smile and a slight shrug. She's doing her best.]

I know you're someone with a big heart, Darin, and that matters more to me than any dark burdens you carry. I'm honored that my care inspires you the same way the Goddess inspires me.

[It seriously is one of the nicest things anyone has said to her ever.]

And should you falter, I'll do my best to be there. As my friends were for me.