Thor and Maria
"Thank you, Maria." He clasped her shoulder in turn, one warrior and friend to another. "I am... finding it takes more time to recover completely from something like this than from any other kind of wound. "
He chuckled. "Which should have made sense, but it keeps surprising me, like a not-quite healed sore." He shook his head, then forced himself to smile.
"But coming, sharing your excitement and happiness, it helps." And it did. It felt like an energy almost, a living lightning, that filled him with a small happiness.