"I think I might just want to stare at it in amazement for a while."

"Fair. That's sort of what I did, when I first showed up."

"There's so many books!"

"There you are," says Anleisin.

"Anlei! We were just talking about you! You're going to have to put in an effort if you want to outdo this castle."

"Have you seen the ballroom?"

"I have not!"

"I should show it to you!"

"Sounds like fun!"

She organizes her language things on the table a little bit and then leads the way to the ballroom.

"...oooooooh."

"Before I got here this place had never been used for its intended purpose! It was so sad!"

"I wanna make one," she says, stepping out under the enormous chandelier and spinning around.

"I'm not particularly architecturally inclined but I bet if I were I would too."

"I'm gonna make one."

"I look forward to seeing it!"

"Anyway, I'm Anlei, what's your name?"

"I'm Siva! Siva Jialo."

"Nice to meet you. I think I'm technically a lady now but I wasn't one yesterday so I'm not about to start standing on formality."

"He never made me a lady. Maybe I should be jealous."

"Pretty sure you got the better deal."

"...Right, your girlfriend mentioned."

"Which part?"

"The swan part. Which other part are you thinking of?"

"It was a hell of a fight. Anyway, it's hard to be mad about the swan thing when yesterday I wasn't going to be immortal for the next hundred years. The most inconvenient part is that I can't use my own pain anymore, and I've still got Fia for that."