[Honestly the best way to get through to her. She's far more pliable to points of logic than pleas of passion. It's just her nature, and why she so vehemently rejected anyone who exhibited signs of a temper.]

How terribly sentimental.

[She shakes her head as if gravely disappointed. But her smile is still there, so as not to provoke any further distress.]

It seems the affliction is contagious, however. I've missed you as well. I was not exaggerating when I confessed that you were the only one I trusted enough to carry on a perfectly congenial conversation.

Which reminds me...

[She looks thoughtful for a moment.]

Do you have any need for a wooden jewelry box?