"That's true," Veronica says, and it's enough to get her to crack a smile, too. "You've put a lot into this, the least I can do is not run away like a chicken with my head off." That may happen eventually, but she can at least do him the justice of not jumping right for it. They've managed to get this far and he is, in spite of his past and his issues, quite possibly the most low maintenance boyfriend she's ever had (and given how high maintenance she can be, maybe that's why this works — part of it, at least).