[She smiles faintly hearing that promise. She knew she was a little much when it came to optimism, but it's what her world needed her to be. She'd always hold onto that no matter what tried to hold her down.]

Then that's what we'll work toward.

[It was hard to cut a tie like this, but she'd work to hold onto what they still had. There was too much to be done to let something like this divide them.]

He hasn't called on me to make a move or anything against you. So maybe he's biding his time? I don't know, he doesn't seem like the elaborate scheme type either.