Your friendship helps me greatly. I didn't mean to sound like I am belittling it.

(Maybe she needs to open her heart again - just a crack. Even if it amounts to nothing, at least she will be happy temporarily. Though she can't help but think the happiness would be derived from forced ignorance.)

I like you as yourself. (She saw the strength he might possess when Wen Ning decimated the mermaid holding her captive. Monsters don't save people.)

I'm alive, I have my son, we have a safe place to call home and I have friends. My life is good. (It's just the life she had before that continues to dog her steps.)