[She looks a lot brighter when he says he'll take her, but then her expression goes blank, and she falls silent. But she listens carefully.

And then gradually, her face heats up all over again. She fiddles with the end of the scarf, and tries to hold eye contact. Because he must be looked at when she replies.]

I can never put it as beautifully as you did. It's ah...well, I feel the same way, Steven. I'm not sure when I realised it, but I think back and I think it was in Cerealia as well. That I knew I was so comfortable at your side that it was almost so normal that you had to be around.