[ She just keeps smiling. She doesn't know if she'll ever stop, it feels like. ]

I had no idea, before, I knew it must be something - for all the poets to write of it as they do but... it felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest. [ She shakes her head. ] Even if he delights in being wicked. I think he just wants to see me blush all the time, the way he talks. [ Maybe stop making it so easy, Gilia. ] Him and Prince Ianthe, too, while I think of it.

[ grumble grumble. ]