"I don't like to promise to try," she says, her gaze flicking over Cook's face. "But I will go you one better and make a promise to do." She's not the easiest woman to get along with in the world and hardly the most outwardly loving, but right now, she wants closure in this. It's why she reaches one arm around his shoulders to bring him closer, pressing a kiss to the outer edges of his cheek before hugging him for a multitude of reasons.

--None of which she wants to talk about.