[She will protest if the day comes and he really decides he'd stay with her. Not because she'd want him to go, but because it isn't really what's best for him. How can it be?
She can't know if he really would if put in that situation any more than he can right now, but it still meant something to her that he'd say it. She didn't think he'd do that unless he at least believed it was true. Maybe that's not a lot, but it feels like more than she's had in awhile.]