"Just one or two." Her look matched his. The sort of hiding she had done that night was only part of it. "Fun or not, the option's open to you." She wanted to hear him too.
Her chuckle was mild as she washed one in the water she collected. "I'm certain they'll be fine. The Maker isn't so cruel as to do that." But she would be sore if it turned out that way. She pried off another apron, careful to look for the unappetizing bits this time.
"Bold enough to go after something as dangerous or uncertain? I don't know." She might have been teasing. "I don't trust luck. You make your own path in life and perhaps it works out. We'll see." She didn't put much stock in the idea. Marriage was a distant and unthinkable idea. Mage or not, her blood had magic in it. Who would consent to that risk willingly?
Her instinct was to question. She held it in until she finished the crab she was working on, and then she turned to him. "Is it, though? Is it really better to settle on the unknown?"
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Her chuckle was mild as she washed one in the water she collected. "I'm certain they'll be fine. The Maker isn't so cruel as to do that." But she would be sore if it turned out that way. She pried off another apron, careful to look for the unappetizing bits this time.
"Bold enough to go after something as dangerous or uncertain? I don't know." She might have been teasing. "I don't trust luck. You make your own path in life and perhaps it works out. We'll see." She didn't put much stock in the idea. Marriage was a distant and unthinkable idea. Mage or not, her blood had magic in it. Who would consent to that risk willingly?
Her instinct was to question. She held it in until she finished the crab she was working on, and then she turned to him. "Is it, though? Is it really better to settle on the unknown?"