walks by her side

watches him. "Ivan.."

waves "Lan."

smiles a bit. "I spoke to your sister.

tilts head "I hope she didn't hurt you again."

shakes her head. "Quite the opposite. She agreed to be my ally.:

smiles "Those are good news..."

smiles a bit more. "I'm glad you think so."

nods "Tell me more, what kind of allies will you be?"

about it for a moment. "What do you mean?"

hums "Does that mean she's also one with me?"

"Ah..." She tries to recall what she had said. "I think so."

slowly nods... will have to talk about it carefully with Bela so she doesn't get the wrong idea "Good."

nods as well. "And..I was thinking about something."

nods "Do tell...I'm listening."

knows he's going to get mad, and thinks of how to word it right. "What if..what if I felt romantically for someone else?"

blinks "...it depens. Would that person become one with me too?"

shrugs. "I don't have anyone in mind. But if they didn't..?"

scowls "...I'd make sure they won't take you away from me." hopes the message is clear

gets the message. "Alright."

smiles and pets her head "You're...different, da? You're clever."

looks up to him. "What do you mean?"

shrugs "You know I am not going to hurt you if you're good. I... do not mind being close to you."

nods. "Of course. I'm not a child."

...smiles "Not childish either"

nods. "No, I'm not. I do understand the world...isn't nice." She decides that's the best way to put it.

nods "It isn't. But we'll make it nice, da? Together..."

glances away. "Of course."

giggles happily "Of course..."

looks back up to him, watching his expression.

smiles at her

smiles in return.

giggles "see? it's easy to smile to you, knowing you'll smile back"

laughs a little. "You...look so nice when you smile.

blinks "...not many people say that"

replies, "You do. When you smile, it's hard to believe when people say that you'd hurt anyone."

smiles "I WOULD hurt people. Just not you."

can't help but smile a bit more at that.

pets her head

lowers her head a little, kind of showing off her new flowers.

smiles at that "Cute."

assumes he means the flowers. "Thank you."