Baby steps. The fact she lets herself be drawn out at all makes him proud. He can't imagine life without his soulmate - and that is precisely what she's struggling with right now.

"Aah," he hums, nodding his agreement with a smile. "And money for Lao Wen to spend." On them. On those they care about. It's why they both have warm clothes now, and reliably good food and drink at home.