Poor very awkward Danse indeed. Nora just wants to hug all the awkwardness away but a) his power armor is like a tank and there's no way she can give him a decent hug in that and b) hugging him would probably make things a lot more awkward - no, not probably - definitely. She really wishes she hadn't said anything at all.

She seems to be very good at screwing his life up. After all, if she hadn't joined the Brotherhood then she wouldn't have passed on the encrypted data from the Institute and Danse would still happily be a Brotherhood Paladin with all his brothers and sisters in arms. And now? Now Nora is asking the impossible of him. To take care of a synth replica of her son should something happen to her. Yeah. She should learn not to talk. Ever.

"At least we'll be able to replenish our supplies once we get there. Mutfruits should be at perfect ripeness by now." It's a poor attempt to try not to address the elephant in the room and she knows it.