"Again," Sean echoes, still smiling, but sounding suitably shellshocked by that as he threads his fingers through hers despite the slightly awkward angle. "Guess it's jus' one o' those things that sneaks up on ye." It's all the more stunning when he considers that last Christmas was pretty much his lowest point here, that it's all been on something of a steady uptick since then, so long ago. "Ne'er dreamed I'd still be here, let alone be here with ye."