True and fair, she's taken care to present a certain image. It's her own fault that people believe it. Who could really blame her for some wishful thinking? Breezy smiles and positivity are so much more fun than the parts of her work she does alone.

Much like it's more fun to think of him flying around in space having grand adventures, and not worrying about all the things that could go wrong. Or the debts. Or... well. It would be an overwhelming list of worries, if she let herself go down that road. Worse, almost all of them are worries she can't do anything about. Finding herself unable to help makes her wonder why she signed up for this gig.

"Mm..." Frea bites her lip and makes a show of thinking about it before she shakes her head. "Nope. Pretty sure I've never said that before. You're just going to have to deal with being special to me."

She'll take that half a smile for as long as it lasts. A little more of this accident-free dancing, and maybe he'll find the other half for her. She could use a smile, now that hers has gone missing. "...yes. For this year."