It might just be her imagination but he's coming closer still. Not even thinking about it either so he could hardly be accused of taking advantage of the moment even if he WOULD be the type to do so.

"I'm honestly just happy that it wasn't the fact that you DIDN'T want to go on a journey with us at the end of it all." It would have been such a bitter pill to swallow if that ended up being the actual truth. Instead he did still get a grim answer but not one he believed to be immutable.