Now that does sound delightful.

[ Adelaide takes a moment just to- admire Ruby. Lovely as she's always found her, as new as this is for her- it is still striking to her in moments just how poised Ruby is. How graceful. How thoroughly feminine-

And how these little things, the curl of lash, the red lips, the cinch of her waist all add up into someone that warms her heart as much as a low ember in her stomach, ignored for the moment. ]

I don't ever want you to leave, Charlotte- [ Wait. ] I mean to say- I don't-

You-

I would rather not be bereft of your company if you wish to give it.