[The first time he kissed her like that had been a sad, strained moment, but she likes the way his lips feel against her skin. It's a simple but intimate tableau that they paint and at least bodes well for their relationship in a decade. And she takes comfort in knowing him enough to know he probably tells the children she loves them when she can't.]

Well, there is time enough to spend together here. And seeing as how you've gone to all the trouble of planning our evening, I suppose it would be rude to decline.