The way Kili says it makes it seem so easy. Not that he expects it to be easy for her, but like he sees things she can't because she's so close to the situation, and his words give her much needed perspective. Things are hard now, of course they are, but just because Daryl isn't the man she was in love with doesn't mean he can't still have a place in her life. Before she had even told him how she felt, she'd been so afraid, because she thought there was a chance she might lose him entirely and that would have been so awful because of what he means to her.

They don't have to get married for him to still be important.

"Thank you," she says, because she doesn't know if she can say anything else without bursting into grateful tears, and she wants to hold onto this good feeling she's been carrying with her all night. Kili always makes that easy, though, he makes it so easy to be happy, to be thankful for his friendship, he makes it so clear every single time they speak why they've found their way to each other and one day she thinks she'll know how to say that without crying, but not today. It's too much today, so for now she'll have to settle just for thanking him.

"I think it's harder on him than it is on me," she admits after giving herself a moment to collect her feelings and thoughts. "I guess he feels like we've got all these expectations of him or somethin'. I just want to help him get settled." But she doesn't even know if this Daryl can settle.