There was an identical pair of smiles playing along the two womens lips as they listened to him at the time, a bit of chuckle accompanying the statement of Emily being honest about things and Marie wasn't all too covert about an appraising look given down his front. Jes glanced in turn towards the billiard ball he'd set in motion and hummed, moving around closer to start setting them down in a small pattern nearby, all except for the white one, seeming to have something on her mind while still listening. Marie in turn stayed before him, looking at him curiously while listening closely.<br/><br/><strong>"We all have a duty to our houses to see our Houses carry on, yes, I like to think that we have formed at least a tentative friendship I'd like to see deepen along the years, and I believe Jes was suitably impressed to have someone challenging to play against that she can consider a friend and more."</strong>She cast a look at Jes who nodded her agreement at that.<strong>"It is a rarity, most are either not competent enough to offer a challenge, or too keen to 'let the lady win' to earn 'favor'."</strong>Her tone taking a bit more annoyed tone towards the end.<strong>"Passion, well from what we've been hearing that will not be a problem with a skilled lover and one we can appreciate, and love?"</strong>Here, Marie drew a deeper breath and smiled.<br/><br/><strong>"I think that love is possible, but neither I nor Jes will likely take up a truly 'romantic, possessive love' trait, it is just not something that has happened much in our family. The upbringing of the traditional, good and pure girl believing in love at first sight and lasting loyal and true forever seems naive to us, but all the same we believe a love can bloom but it takes work to maintain. Lust and attraction are a lot easier to draw immediately, love, in its ways, is more time-taking and formed through actions together."</strong>She halted momentarily at this, while Jes hummed, having formed a triangle of the balls with exactly even finger-wide gaps in between them, smirk playing along her lips.<br/><br/><strong>"Fancy a game? I'd like to see how much a little divide can change the game from the early stage onwards. I'd be willing to wager losing a cloth piece for every ball sunk."</strong>She remarked this calm and relaxed, but at the same time seeming to catch Marie a bit off guard with the casual way of saying that though nodding towards the doors in a way that made Marie glance at them and then at Tehr for confirmation.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">I think they could end up playing non-sexually for a while, joking around and possibly a touch of flirt, could go further than that yes but not necessarily have to... I think they appreciate the change for some time... but also like having a chance to spend time around him more. Hopefully they've been amusing enough company as is. On that note though, I am going to leave it an option to skip ahead for when they've left for home, I'd see Christina and Carolyn wanting to speak to him that evening still but beyond that, things are pretty open if you want to move ahead. I am not against spending time around the three if you aren't feeling bored with the talk though. </div></div>