Is that so? How lovely! [Rinea beams, wanting to encourage him. The thoughtful quality to his voice is almost melancholy.]

Rigel had the same. But the truth is...[She wilts a little, recalling the sobering memory.] ...our late Emperor was never fond of revelry. It put quite a damper on the castle. Even my lord Berkut was disappointed, though he couldn't very much show it.

[Her attention is quickly grabbed, however, by the twine connecting them, as one of its threads begins to unravel.]

Oh!

[So then, secrets have to be about that much?]