On the flip side, Sam wasn't exactly sure how to respond to that either. You 'cared' for a dog or a cat or even a fucking plant, but for a person? It was entirely different. He laughed a little, mostly out of shock that they were even having this conversation. "I've never said it to anyone before," he confessed. "Because it's never happened before. And I don't think it matters how long it takes. I think when you know, you just...know. There's never any doubt, and there wasn't any here."