I— Yes. [ The blush on her face reaches down to the scales on her neck, and though she's flustered she does seem happy as she confirms it. ] Ardbert, a Warrior of Light from the First.

[ The more she speaks the more obvious it becomes just how hopelessly lovestruck she is...

(Though there is also the faintest sense of defensiveness as she continues on, as though such happiness is something she doesn't deserve. That she has to give logic and reason—an explanation—for something so selfish.) ]

Our souls were once one... Soulmates in the most literal of senses. Matrimony was an inevitability.