[Considering their overall circumstances, he wouldn't blame her if smiling were a little harder these days... ]

[So is she just incredibly resilient, or is she smiling a little more than she really feels? Or a little of both? There's a third option, which is that she hasn't actually thought about it... but though she's bubbly and bright, at no point has she ever come off as stupid, so that doesn't even seem possible.]

[Oh well. He wants her smiles to be genuine. That isn't even a selfish thing, at this point -- not that he's not loving getting to take her out, but she's just the sort of person who's so easy to like.]

Let's see. There's a book store, I think. [He points out the stores as she tugs, aiming for where she isn't looking.] That looks like electronics... that's a music store... That's a cafe with cats?

[Wait, is he seeing that right?]