"If it doesn't, I may end up begging Teja to let me live with him for ... ever." Okay. So. Sense of humor returning is a good sign, it means she hasn't completely given up hope.

She leans back to look up at him. "I just want you to know that, uh, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. In case I get turned into a decorative statue or something for the next few thousand years."