She blushed, so he did like her in a romantic way it seemed. She  hadn't seen that  for the whole time they had been together,.  maybe she just  was in the past, thinking of herself in rags  and  dirty and not very attractive at all. She was surprised he saw her as strong though, she  didn't think of herself as that at all."You may think I am strong, but I don't see it at all..." She sighed  a bit. "I am probably too much in the past. When I was a little girl I was helpless against my uncle. Now I know his son  is around, it just plain makes  me  scared. I just hope this lead of the gem master will go somewhere." They were nearing the marketplace, and she looks about trying to figure out where to go. "That magic shop there might have some info."