"Yeah, I get that," he said softly. His own relationship with religion was overly complicated, and given some of the awful things he'd seen around the world, it was difficult to equate that with a particularly loving God. As much as it had saved him, he also knew the pain it caused. The guilt, the cruelty. "What can I say, I'm a game-changer," he teased her lightly, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead. They'd changed each other, really. For the better.
Of course it was his instinct to argue against her assessment of him, but he knew that she was being so genuine. No matter what he thought of himself, she saw something stronger. "Thank you," he said simply, holding her close.