Loving someone means sometimes humoring them. Steph smiles as she finds something to put the rice and water into.

"Things aren't that different between us while being wildly different between us now, you know? It makes me cherish all the little things you shared before, either because the castle made you or because you wanted to. I'd like to see where you grew up."

Okay, maybe not humoring him so much. It's the truth.