There's something familiar about watching her much away on a snack and enjoy it, and that's soothing on its own. It's not lost on him that that's one of her favorite things about this life away from court, and he's glad she has pieces of that right now after such an intense ordeal.

Her questions surprises him, but maybe it shouldn't what with how hesitant he's been. Something he regrets now. "I want you close, so long as you want to be." Even with everything that's happened, he's aware it's his ship, and he's older, and he's the captain -- he doesn't want her to feel pushed to anything. But it's true, too, that he wants her nearby and as long as he can have her.

The tone of her response tells him that he was fretting needlessly again. He squeezes her knee again before he resumes eating, stray thoughts that it's just...nice to be like this with her no longer feeling so scandalous. "Good," he says. "The crew's taking the ship somewhere untraceable for a little while, so we can rest as long as we need without worry."