Everyone needs a reminder of how important they are in the scheme of things every now and again. You're more than forgiven, but it needed sayin'. In fact, Ah think maybe ya need ta hear it more often. Maybe then it won't sound so much like a scoldin' t'ya.

[She's gone gentlier now, tone and expression, to mirror the compliment. He's a good kid, and she'd say that if she didn't think he'd puff up about being thought of as a kid.]