Valdis blinks, recalling their conversation from long ago, when she'd been the one who felt insecure in their relationship and when he'd stepped up into the place she normally occupied. And here he is, away from the Eterna, in a place they've found each other again, expressing a desire that she never expected him to have. Something shifts again, something she hasn't felt since she was with Malachi. She loves Max, she knows she always have, but it suddenly feels so much deeper with that simple request. Their home.

"Yes."

She's not sure what else to add, or even if he needs anything else, so she just kisses him again.