[Bunny still doesn't know that Eliora died, that the reason Dan doesn't worry verbally about her when they speak in real time is that Eliora isn't still in Dan's world to worry about. So he just smiles, touched at the scene, heart warmed and yet aching a little, with his renewed memories of his own past nieces and nephews so close to the surface.

Dan may have always been having trouble with his own heart since the trauma life dealt him, and it's clear in him fully clothed on a fully made bed and sleeping past 2, but watching him still try for Ellie, miss some marks but hit others, is moving. Bunny watches with the ghost in approval.]

He's doing a good job with her, all things considered. Can't be easy, with a kid that eternal, under circumstances that rough. Even though she's sweet as pie, obviously.

[Dan has so much more on his plate than mortals generally do. What a valiant effort.]