She laughs a little and nods. Oh, if he knew what she was doing now!

"Ay, I am well indeed, better protected than ever I have been." There, that should please him.

She takes a hesitant step closer-- they're something like a normal distance for conversation now-- but does not reach out to him. She doesn't think she could stand the thought of seeing him fade away, or her hand pass through him, were she to try.