You have always strive to protect your people and your homeland. [ She gently nudges her nose to the side of his chest. Then, she pauses, glancing up to see if he has approved of the gesture. ] Sometimes... you have to go far away to protect me.

[ Even if that meant him not returning. ]

There are several things I can remember. [ Several things, at any time, and perhaps that is not at all a good thing. She glances down to the side and curls up against him slightly. ] I... I doubt there were many lives were we... are like we are now. Not as many as we hoped for.

[ Lantaa closes her eyes. ] I think we have been here--in Ishgard before. We looked different. You were a knight, and had standing, and an important family. Mine, we ran a tavern, or an inn...? [ So many of the minor details are lost to time. ] I don't know if you ever realized we were... but I knew. I wanted to tell you that I was in love, that you were my one and only.

[ She can remember the dress she had worn, the way her hair was done. The inn was abuzz that night with a party, but that had hardly mattered to her. All she had been focused on was hoping he would be there that night and that she could tell him. Even if he didn't return it, or couldn't, that would be fine. At least he would have known they had found one another again. She thought she was ready, she thought she was prepared. She should have realized that something else was going on. ]

But, the night I was going to... it was a party. And, I didn't realize until I saw you, that it was a party for your engagement announcement.

[ And, I wasn't the one to be your bride. ]