[She looks up at him when his arm winds around her shoulders--not surprised, really, but still roused from her thoughts. The question takes a moment of thought before she offers up a tentative smile.]

We never saw eye-to-eye. I think you could give us a hundred years and we still wouldn't. But we saw each other [with a slight emphasis on those words], and he knew me. It goes a long time back, to when I was a little girl. That's why it's important.