Oh, well, look at that flush. She smiled again, pleased to see that he was flushing because of well ... her. And them. And, er, right. Now she was flushing a little herself. Then she sees that hope in his eyes, and she's happy she put it there. That he's given her hope and that she is able to give it in turn? That was all she really wanted. To want freely, and be wanted.

She flushes deeper as he kisses her hands, and she gives him a quiet, almost shy little smile, that is followed by a light laughter, "I have served the Wardens for over ten years of my life, ten years that I did not offer freely but made at great sacrifice. So ... I believe I shall take those, and the first nineteen, and do what I wish. And what I wish ... is to be with you. So."

A dimpled smile, "Once I am pregnant, consider me retired."