[Things are very different now, and even just today they've changed immensely--she and Jamie were only just finding a sort of normalcy together now, and Brianna won't make it easier. Still, she knows Jamie wouldn't change the fact that she's awake for the world. Neither would Claire herself.]

It does. And it is there. I always cared for Jamie, even before we were wed. I did train him in some ways [she'll claim that much], but a lot of it was himself. He was sweet and kind from the very beginning.