[It's an intimate moment of a sorts. She doesn't need to look very long to put that much into place. The nature of the relationship doesn't really matter, but she gets the impression that one, this is something from home, and two, it's important. She studies Trahearne for some more moments, as if trying to draw lines and answer questions that she hasn't actually asked of him.

He's always a bashful man, isn't he. Even if she were to inquire, she suspects he would do the same thing she would, which is to say, he might just evade his way out of the conversation.]

You need not say more if you do not wish to. We all dream of home, after all, and the things that we have left there. I do not think it is something you ought to be embarrassed by. As such, you should hold onto this.

[She points to the photo with a small, understanding smile.]