She tilted her head at the complexities behind that first word, and when she returned his smile it was with the understanding that something had happened there. But he was right, they were alive, alive to learn as many new things as they could, and to be reminded of things they'd forgotten, like: she really enjoyed the sound of her name in his accent. "Some fondness, are you kidding me? Do you know how many people I've taught to punch the way she taught me to punch? That woman's a legend," she said, and laughed at the mortal influence in her speech. "A whole host of them, actually."