He shouldn't mistake any of this for his being a special snowflake. She loves all her little snowflakes the same--that is, not at all. (But she'd be especially unimpressed with him if he fell out of love in a day. That would take a special kind of cold.)

One corner of her mouth twitches like she wants to smile at his response but it's just too much work. Or maybe she forgot how. "Oh, yes, waiting is grand. What good things have come to you while you've been waiting here?"