For some reason, those words hit the mark.

Where you been, favorite Dickie-bird o' mine?

I hope you know by now that I'm absolutely smitten, here.

Jacinda blinks, and realizes that zir eyes are a little wet. Zie presses a hand over zir mouth, then uses the side of that wrist to brush away the one tear that escaped. Maybe... maybe Jacinda has been holding on to an old dream for too long. All zie says aloud, though, is:

"The old one's flown away, yeah."