Demi listens, intently, to Chess' outpouring of emotion, tears beginning to well up in her eyes, as she strokes Chess' hair, and smiles at her. "I understand," she says, once the half-drow finally falls quiet, leaving the question hanging in the air. "And let me say again, I do love you. But my answer is still, for now, no. This is a big step, and a big decision, and not one to be taken lightly, on the spur of the moment, at an emotional time, like this. We've already waited a while... let's wait a little longer. Ask me again in a year, and we'll see."