[She doesn't say anything to that, there isn't much. This is why though, she wouldn't be able to accept him. There was a naivety about this, and about her. She understood it. She played almost all things close to the chest. But that was the problem.

The woman that Lavi spoke of, that woman knew in her heart what the Queen did in her mind.

Neither of them flinched any more.]

I've no doubt, the way you talk speaks of it. The way you tried to be patient with me even more.

[she lets her hands linger, leaning forward a little more to gently do back up the bandages that had fallen loose. Using it as an excuse to leave a gently kiss his forehead.] I know. I'm glad for it. So you should never forget that no matter how I snap, no matter how my temper flares, that above all I care for you. Whatever that is worth, you are very dear to me, and I do not want to fight with you, or see you hurt.

Sadly though, I get too unreasonable for my own good.