[One-armed hug around her shoulders again.]

She's also not terribly happy about my playing Siffleur's game. Though I couldn't say if she's mad that I played it at all, or just that I lost.

[He's pretty sure Ari's testing him now, hoping he'll say of course he'll choose her, but he's just dancing around it, like he does. Because in the end, if it comes down to fighting Valdis, he might as well just die, hahahaha.]