[ It's complicated! All of these feelings are complicated. She doesn't even know how to begin the conversation with Ardyn. It's an entirely different situation than what she'd otherwise experienced, where she'd tumbled into too much too soon only to have it all vanish away.

And so, she can't help but look a little flustered again, ears still low, even if the teasing has eased to advice. ]

This is all... easier said you know. Certainly easier for you to imagine it than myself. He and I are not... so at ease with such concepts. If... he is uncertain of where he stands I do not want to unintentionally force him to be. He is not one to put himself first.