The shift in demeanor doesn't go unnoticed. From what little she's heard of him from Verity, Amelia understands that Loki is actually ancient. What that means isn't clear to her, but the fact that it's given him wisdom and a unique view of the world is obvious. He's in much better spirits for someone as old as he is, at least compared to what she would have expected.

"I've never worried about my own happy ending before. I thought I could tie my happiness to those I made better with my efforts." She frowns, her gaze slipping to the ground. "Learning to be my own person - that's next chapter in my story. Finding a happy ending will be a nice bonus, if I can manage to find myself apart from the wall of lies I built up around myself."

It's not that she wants to be completely different - in fact, the idea that these changes she's making could do that terrifies her. But she needs to be her own person, needs to find out what actually makes her, well, her. The daily struggle for that is something that will go on for some time now.