[She turns to face more forward again, so she can lean back against him and so she doesn't have to look directly at him as she chooses her words.]

It's easier to do a lot of things... I'm really glad for it.

And I think it makes sense. I mean, it's not like you were less important to me before, but we didn't have... a reason, or a name for it. There was... this space, where something was missing. It was hard to know how to think of things, and how the other person was thinking of it...

But now... you're my brother. That filled in the space, and it felt really right. Like... "oh, that's what it is." So... even if there's... stuff we're still figuring out, it's easier. Because that part is solid.