(Impatient) “This is bloody absurd. I have seen the princess before, several years ago. As some of you know, I was a professional traveler before coming to Siness, doing what I could, where I could, to make a living. Five times I was inside the Castle Montania, and twice I saw the princess. This princess.”

(Loving) “My love,” Jaryn began, practically sighing the words. “How long have I waited for this day. From the very moment I saw you, all blonde tangles and untamed temper, I knew you were the one the Giver had been saving me for. Created me for. You had my heart the moment you told me where it was I could stick the lute I had strapped to my back.”

“Council is nothing more than a bunch of formality and pretense. Ashlynn will give her report of this past year, someone will ask her if she realizes the consequences, though it is clearly beyond that point. She'll get haughty and ill-tempered, which is always fun to see, by the way. That is, unless you happen to be on the receiving end.”