[So Elizabeth has to wait until Gai is done kissing her to protest. Big deal. ...but maybe a little of it has ebbed away in light of that.]

I'd have them for my own sake too, you know. [She grins and kisses Gai again, a little coaxing, still sweet and gentle.] A boy with brown hair and beautiful silver eyes. We would let him play everyday in the sun... like we couldn't. [Elizabeth can almost see him walking unsteadily, hand in hand with Gai, and it's so beautiful she starts to tear up. Maybe it did mean more than Elizabeth had originally thought.]

[She laughs thickly and wipes at her eyes.] I'm getting a little ahead of myself.