Kate... just didn't give a damn about not admitting it, right now. She'd spent a good while washing him clean and digging rocks from the bottoms of his feet. She wouldn't have done either for just anyone. She loved him. She was in love with him. End of story.

"Yes," she said, like she was just stating a fact. "Really."

This was not how she would've expected this important relationship moment to happen, but she didn't care about that, either.