[Oh, yes. His honesty and earnestness practically glow with their intensity.

Krile raises one eyebrow at the challenge in his question. She looks him over, up and down once quickly, and again, slowly. That same brow arches higher.]

Well, yes, actually.

[But she isn't quite close enough to this boy, or readily sure of who he is, to continue wheedling him as she might Alphinaud.]

It is quite a shock. When last I saw Alisaie, she had no designs on marriage at all, so absorbed were we in various pursuits of liberation and diplomacy.