Her acceptance of his answer allows him some ease, though not relief. Sweeney swallows to manage his resolve before glancing her way.

"It's ne'er that I don't want ya. Easy ta do when we're together. 'nough that I sought ya when I'd lost myself." Ok, so that is both true and slightly misleading. He had gone looking for her, though it had been for a fight. He may have had anyone willing in his moment of weakness. Still, he doesn't regret that it was her.

"Now." It's a statement of the somewhat obvious, and he tries to deliver it as casually as possible, accompanied by a drag.

"I would say you make me something I’m not, but in truth, you make me too much of what I am."