Quality Time: Abbie is experienced enough to realize that there are different types of "quality time" spent with people she cares about. There's the obligatory quality time, such as Sunday dinners with the fam. Then there's actual quality time, which comes with no expectations. Abbie prefers the latter. She feels most connected to her romantic partners when they are able to spend time together sharing in each others' interests, having fun, or experiencing the world in ways most other people never try to. She wants to be able to appreciate the world through their eyes, and show them the world through hers. (Score: 10)
Words of Affirmation: For someone as privileged as Abigail Knight, it might seem like praise and affirmation would be trivial. Sometimes it is - namely, when such words are empty or meant as flattery instead of earned appreciation. However, growing up in such a competitive family, with a feeling that no matter her achievements, there would always be some goal left unmet, it was often difficult for Abbie to truly take outside praise to heart. Perhaps that's what makes words of affirmation so much more meaningful to her when they come from people in her personal life, and have nothing whatsoever to do with her job. Being recognized and appreciated for the things she does for the people she loves, or in relation to the things she's truly passionate about, holds much more weight with her. (Score: 7)
Receiving Gifts: As a raven, Abbie is very partial to sparkly things. But as a Knight, there's not much she could want that she can't buy for herself. When it comes to gifts, the most important ones to her are the ones that are thoughtful and show that the giver was thinking of her. (Score: 5)
Acts of Service & Physical Touch (Tie): In reality, acts of service probably ranks a bit higher than physical touch with Abbie. Connecting physically is kind of a given. She's definitely affectionate with the people she loves, and in a relationship, she wants to be physically close to her partner. But when someone goes out of their way to do things for her, to help alleviate some stress of hers, or does things for her that she knows they wouldn't otherwise enjoy doing, it really means a lot to her and it says a lot about them in her esteem. (Score: 4)