[It really is too late, isn't it. He can't go back in time. He can't change anything that happened. All he can do is live with it and everything it might do to him. But maybe she's in the same boat when it comes to the lives lost to Zant. And the ever ongoing process of trying to prove herself to her people.]

Yes, well.

[She shifts a little closer to him, reaching out in an attempt to curl her arm about his.]

I think we've been serious enough, hmm? You should be escorting me as a lady deserves. How rude for you to not have done this sooner.

[She isn't being serious by any means, but that's how she handles the more difficult situations.]