The grin she was giving him was a dangerous thing; she knew she had him, and there was no escape. Incredibly pleased with herself, she accepted his non-answer for now. She knew from experience that no matter how hard he tried to play mute for the rest of his life, he couldn’t. Playfully swatting at his shoulder, she tugged him forward. [color=#FFE58F]”Come on, then, let’s get some dinner and figure things out from there. Everything seems better after noodles!”[/color] 

His resistance was nothing new to her. After all, their entire relationship began due to his resistance and aversion to romance. Still, that made it all the more fun to her when she finally got some inkling of sappiness out of him. As they strolled through the market strip, her head turned side to side, looking at all the exotic goods at the stalls. [color=#FFE58F]”You know, I’ve heard that there are even more goods in the Shirogane residential district as well! Some shops that the Kugane authorities don’t allow for one reason or another.”[/color] She paused, thinking, [color=#FFE58F]”Perhaps they would have some of the Alchemy supplies you seek?”[/color] 

Thinking to herself, she began considering what she just said as well. Perhaps she could find an even better supplier of her healing goods there. Goodness knew she’d been going through her supplies far faster than she’d expected. The Garleans had left nothing of use in the wake of their withdrawal from Othard. She was also seeking curious new Alchemical ideas for Rhaq’a. She knew he loved nothing more than to tinker, so giving him something to tinker with would help keep him at home. And she did love having him around.