Ah, so he really was an open-minded one...  Ellen felt a little more reassured at that.  And then came the sudden, unexpected turnaround, where Rath went from being merely open-minded and accepting to being<em>interested</em>, far more so than he had been before.  The housewife was both surprised and flattered, though once again, being able to think about it clearly lent her an interesting perspective.<br/><br/>"Ah, but weren't you just complaining about the blankets being too small?"  She shot back at him, grinning.  "Or was that just a clever scheme to get me to bring my blanket in here for you?"<br/><br/>Of course, with him standing before her dressed as he was, she had to admit, he did look good...  If he managed to make it in the Games, he was going to be quite the handsome heart-throb.  Though, then he got even closer, reached out, asked...  And though that put Ellen into a slightly sadder mood, she nodded.<br/><br/>"Go right ahead."  She responded.  He wouldn't be able to touch her, though.  Not without a special magical item of some sort...