Ah... surely you flatter me, Fa- Abel. Anyone with the time and effort to put in can help a tree to grow, the more so in such a fertile place as this valley. Really, there's no need to go overboard in your praise. You might actually embarrass me.

[She manages a little chuckle there, as if to reassure him that no, she isn't embarrassed yet. And indeed, she's not! Just... kind of dealing with unpleasant memories.]