She laughs, brightly into kissing her.

Which is a mistake for exactly the reason Magni warns her about - "ow." is the soft little mutter of regret that she barely feels.

"He has. I think I would have snapped at someone else if not for him. He is a good companion for me, he soothes me when you are not there."

Exactly as Magni intended, no doubt. "I should get cleaned up." she says, eventually, without doing anything about it.