She smiled as he laughed. She was happy to hear his laugh. It was nice. To see the man that looked so hard pressed and stout relax was relieving to say the lease. She also liked the way he looked at her now much better than how he looked at her before. She fluttered back to her seat and sat down on the chair crossing her legs out of habit from wearing dresses. She seemed to like using her wings. She'd never gotten to properly stretch them. She wondered what it was like past the compound. If it was any different. She'd never admit how much she wanted adventure though. She would just delve herself into books and lose herself to those fantasies. That was her adventure.<br/><br/>She snapped out of her thought when he spoke and formed the wall of ice around her. She knew that the men in their military had impressive prowess with ice and snow, but she'd never before seen it in action, and from the way they talked, he was a prodigy with it. She looked on in awe as it then disappeared into dust that sparkled through the air. She held out her hand and watched as the small sparkles would land on her fingertips and then melt. Her own ice powers were weak. Her magic pools were rather small. She didn't have the capacity of most fairies. Twas a curse her mother bestowed upon her.<br/><br/>"Wouldn't attempting to avoid this marriage be futile on both sides because our elders are so intent on having it happen anyway?" She asked him. She didn't want to say she did want to marry him or not. If she said no it would spark rebellion from him. If she said yes then she'd be lying. She wanted to marry someone for love, not necessity.