[ Ducking her head, a broad smile crosses her face. There's a quiet hurt she's carried for years that, for the moment, is eased--not fixed in any particular way, maybe more stunned by the turn of circumstances. There's so much she wants to say, but instead she just laughs. ]

Well, looks as if you still got your sass all in order, too. [ She shifts her weight as if to move out of the flow of foot traffic, but her attention is clearly more on him than their surroundings. ] I scarcely know where we start with all this now!