She was relieved to see that smile back on his face. When she walked in, he had looked so down, so defeated. It was heart-breaking to see someone look that way, someone she surprisingly and actually cared about. Seeing him brighten up like that, and not just because he felt better but because she had made him feel better? It lit her up like a Christmas tree. She was all smiles.

"You're really poetic, you know that? It's... nice. There's a part of me that's almost glad we didn't speak last year, because I wasn't you know, the same as I am now. I'm a little different now, more receptive to the kinds of things you can teach me. I feel like I'm learning with you too. It makes me feel really..." She paused, trying to think of what she wanted to say. "Orgulloso, ¿sabes? De mí mismo. Al igual que no soy sólo una gran decepción."