[ And boy howdy, does a man have to be worthy for her. She has high standards, which is probably... also why... nobody has ever proposed to her. Maybe only Gray would ever be stupid enough to do so. But thanks, Lancelot, for not doubting her intimidation reasoning at all and just going with the worthiness thing.
She just nods in reply, her eyebrows raised as if she hadn't really considered the man's perspective at all. (She hadn't, but it does make a lot of sense. They'd need a lot of accomplishments to earn her hand, obviously.) ]
You would? [ Consider himself among her suitors. She's taken aback by the idea, and the plain way he puts it—her heart feels like it skips a beat, hearing him say that. ]
I suppose... [ Yes, they're both knights, aren't they? It's only natural. She even had that exact conversation with Fernand, before the coup, about how joining the knights only gave her more opportunity to mingle with upstanding, like-minded men. But somehow, she hadn't really made the connection... that way. Before now. ]
I suppose you are right, given our station. Ah! Perhaps that is why these locals have sensed us to be a match.
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She just nods in reply, her eyebrows raised as if she hadn't really considered the man's perspective at all. (She hadn't, but it does make a lot of sense. They'd need a lot of accomplishments to earn her hand, obviously.) ]
You would? [ Consider himself among her suitors. She's taken aback by the idea, and the plain way he puts it—her heart feels like it skips a beat, hearing him say that. ]
I suppose... [ Yes, they're both knights, aren't they? It's only natural. She even had that exact conversation with Fernand, before the coup, about how joining the knights only gave her more opportunity to mingle with upstanding, like-minded men. But somehow, she hadn't really made the connection... that way. Before now. ]
I suppose you are right, given our station. Ah! Perhaps that is why these locals have sensed us to be a match.