[ There is, at no point, when Alkaid will decide to call off their engagement. There is no other that has caught her eye the way the once-Lord Commander did. No one else that, as soon as they walked into the room, made her eyes wide and her heart flutter at the same time. No one else she has felt shy around or even wondering how she might speak to them. While she has never been one to believe in the idea of it? She quite wonders if it was love at first sight.

Perhaps it is selfish, but, she has no intentions to ever let him go. She's chosen him--although, perhaps it is better to say that he chose her. ]

I can hardly call upon you to protect me all the time. [ The hint of sadness in his smile is mirrored in her tone. She would love to take him for an adventure, as she promised not only at the dinner he had with her and K'thisru, but in their several long talks afterwards. Just the two of them, visiting places in their vast beautiful world, seeing people of different cultures and different food. Her eyes close and she can almost imagine it. ] I do have one condition, however...

[ A small and gentle nod to their conversation that, in her mind, started the road to their relationship.

Her hands squeeze his gently as her head further rests on his arm. ]

I think... Thisru knows him; the one who reached out to us.