Well, hey, it's her first time dealing with Supportive Boyfriend. The others tried, sort of, but -- not like this. Not with any measure of competency. And even before them, before Paradisa, she was used to dealing with things on her own. Sorting things out alone to remain competent enough for the field -- after all, one of the most important laws of the shinobi is to keep personal feelings and emotions out of the mission. If she was incapable of that much, she'd have been taken off duty a long time ago.

Sometimes, she wonders what her superiors would think of her now.

"You took the floor? That was nice of you." Though it's almost depressing that it had taken them a month to be able to afford fixing the roof. Often, talking to him reminds him how lucky she is. "Mm ... if it's anything like the painting we found of Lastlook, it should be amazing, when we get there."