You were right, she says, eyes bright, breath heavy. That was better.

Wasn't it? 

He is still staring at her, utterly enchanted. 

Definitely. She's not behaving much differently.

Well then they'll keep doing that won't they. 

Let's see...we're in the middle of a forest, obviously she's not likely to find a bucket of water to dump on them or anything like that...

He catches that thought! Sorry. We were getting a snack, weren't we?

Or making the world's ugliest hat, or something.

Hat! They were getting a hat. He should go find a beehive. 

Beehives are cool! I've never seen a wild one before, she comments cheerfully

Might be a while away, I don't see a good place for one here. Want to come?

Yes, and only partly because you're gorgeous and kind and have a great sense of humor and are a great kisser.

It'd be a really bad time for me to get married and I wasn't really planning on it. Just so you know. 

...Married?

I don't know anything about your culture and I want to make sure we're on the same page. 

Generally in my culture people will wait until some point in time later than literally the first day they meet to bring up marriage.

Okay. Generally in parts of mine you shouldn't kiss girls you are not seriously considering marrying, they will feel mistreated afterwards.

I think I like you enough that I would feel sad if you decided you didn't want to kiss me anymore but that is definitely not a thing in my culture.

I was not planning on stopping.

Oh, good.

Know how to ride a horse?

Yeah. Uh, not so much bareback, though--she shows him an image of a horse's tack as she knows it.

We have that. I don't. Uh, I can hold you, if that's easier - 

Probably!

This is definitely how people get accidentally married but they ride off together and he holds her in place. 

Idaia continues not to know that that's even a thing!