His support means everything. Once, it only felt like she had Vax. Now, she has Percy, too. It softens the pain of lacking the support of her father when she wished to have it most.

The kiss is a balm for her discomfort, and she returns it, palm pressing to Percy's cheek.

"Have I told you that I love you yet today?" She asks. She does try to say it daily since that terrible span of time where she didn't have a chance to say it to him at all. "Because I do. Every day I love you a little more, in fact."