Part 105: S Conversation

...Virion.

Sully! What a prize, that these eyes might gaze once more upon your beauty.

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Goodness, Milady. Your countenance is so very... intense. I should think a lesser man might burst into flames on the spot.

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*Ahem* Is it getting hot here? ...I should be very relieved if you would only respond.

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...Enough! I yield, milady! Nothing is so daunting as a woman's silence.

Ha! I knew it! I KNEW it! It's all well and good for you to pester others, whether they want it or not. But turn the tables and you change your damn tune! You can't handle the attention!

This was a... test? Rather beneath a lady of your bearing, I must say.

I can't get a word in edgewise with you if I play fair. I doubt anyone can with that sharpened tongue of yours. Besides, I needed to know at least one of your weaknesses beforehand.

Er, before... what, pray tell? Delving into the character of your future husband before you wed him? Heh heh...

Yep.

Because frankly, I don't see wh-WHAT?!

H-hold just a moment... Are you serious?

Deadly so.

Well, th-this is an honor to be sure, but I'm not... I haven't prepared myself!

Ha ha... Adding prone to ambush to that list of weaknesses...

You have me at a loss, milady.

Oh? Where has your famous wit run off to? If ever a moment called for poetry. I'm a lady, right? Paragon of grace and beauty? Don't leave me dangling here...

N-no, of course, I... *ahem!* I hereby swear to leave none of milady's desires unmet, even at the cost of my life.

It would be this humble man's great joy to accept your gracious offer.

Well, I suppose that works. ...Barely. That really the best you've got, Ruffles?

...B-but, I...

Har har! Only jesting! That'll work just fine for me. Let's go ring shopping. I've got the place picked out already. Let's move. ...And no lagging behind!

Y-yes, milady...

I can't hear you!

Yes, milady! Coming, milady!