The gesture is soothing, and it grounds her, but the emotion she feels is still present in the way that she returns his look. "I'm fucking happy too." Bela admits with a smile, holding it for a moment before her expression sobers. "And you're right. We can't leave them in there. I'm worried about what will happen to them, the longer they remain in that place."

Kate is ever present on her mind. One of the first people to ever become a close friend. Someone that Bela actively gave a damn about, and she was still trapped under the influence of the spell. Bela didn't like what it was doing to her, the person that Kate (or Katherine) had become.

"Maybe you should come inside and we can talk some more."

There's no rush of course, she just wants him all to herself.