“That is not among the things I’m going to fault myself for here.”

"Be hard for you to do worse. - I'm sorry, I'm - I just keep worrying about how long it's going to be before you remember I have no redeeming qualities and stop hugging me - "

“You hate yourself because that’s how Cheliax works, you know, gotta make sure people never notice they deserve better.”

"I guess that's a theory."

“Do you think Verita has ever given a second of consideration to the theory that she is no good for any of the things about her and ought to be ground down into a cog? No! Because she doesn’t hate herself! And if Cheliax had too many of her to kill, it’d fall apart.”

"Well, Verita's wonderful. Obviously."

Snuggle. 

Snuggle.

"D'you think you could wait until we're not stuck in a carriage together to remind me of all of the reasons you can't ever actually - do anything. About liking me."

“Yeah. Sorry.”

"Don't be."

“If you say so. I love you.”

Snuggle.

"Keep feeling like I should say it back, I just - I don't know how people - " Sigh. "Every time you say it it's - nice."

“‘m not expecting you to be in love with me. Women fall in love slower, they need security.”

She laughs a little. "Okay. That's all right, then."

“I appreciate you repeating what the pendant says, though, it’s good to translate for people who can only talk to you even if you’re not sure they’re right.”

Snuggle. "Didn't want you to think I didn't like you. Even if I don't quite - I don't know what I feel. Exactly. But I like you."

“I think that probably you are too sensible to love me until I have any idea... what I want... but I’m not sad about that the way I was sad about it not mattering at all.”

"I guess that makes sense."

“And I really like holding you.”

Snuggle. "I really like being held."

“I’m not sure at what point we are supposed to suddenly make terrible decisions but I’ve told Fy to bite us if it happens.”

"I thought you thought that was this part."

“I mean observably it isn’t yet.”

"I guess that depends on what you consider terrible decisions. But - I am not actually planning on doing anything besides being held right now."

“And I am not planning on doing anything except holding you! So clearly we haven’t crossed the event horizon of bad decisions yet. I guess maybe that’s because of Fy chaperoning.”