"I don't have anyone worth lighting a candle for," she tells him in reply, the answer coming quickly and perhaps more blithely than is appropriate for the holiday. With that said, she doesn't hesitate to bring the conversation back around to him; after all, she hadn't approached him to talk about herself. "Nothing worth mentioning, though? Don't be so modest. Your thoughts are worth just as much as anyone else's, I'm sure."

Her words come out sounding more probing than encouraging, but her smile stays in place and unchanged.