> "Soooooo... Its not her."
> Impending feeling that this could get complicated.
> Check if Nue has your rice yet.
>Nue is on the way with it as you check. She places the bowl and hurried off, sensing that her presence isn't welcome.
>"Not quite," says Eirin. "But, well, we've been together for a very long time. Longer than either of us originally fathomed possible, originally. Her highness is important to me, you understand. I forsook everything I had for her. If you are asking if I love her, the answer is yes. But at the same time...well, it's a little hard to explain, so please bear with me. We've rather outlived love in the traditional sense. I suppose that sounds like a terrible thing to say, and it does sound significantly worse than I mean it. But..." She stops to search for the correct words.
> "Could you give you give a hint to who it is that you are interested in?"
>Blush after you say this.
>"I could," says Eirin, seemingly pleased for the moment to compose herself, "If you really wanted to know."
>_