"I haven't the slightest doubt in my mind," Sidon assured her, grinning back down at her, "and I look forward to it with the utmost eager anticipation. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt it will be the most spectacular surprise, and I am very much looking forward to it."
So...no pressure or anything. Really, though! Vette could take him out to a glorified cardboard box, and he'd still think it was wonderful.
Well, he might be a little disappointed, truthfully, but he would be very dedicated in not showing it and find everything positive about it until he wasn't.
"In the meantime," he said, as their banter finally brought them around to the causeway and he grinned again, "my suprise shall have to suffice! There's our portal now.
"I'll admit," he said with a chuckle, "I'm not sure if this is a situation that calls for me to invite you to go first out of courtesy, one that requires me to embark forward first out of chivalry since it's quite true we don't know exactly what might be awaiting us there, or if it's best we go together, on some count of three. What do you suppose, Vette?"
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So...no pressure or anything. Really, though! Vette could take him out to a glorified cardboard box, and he'd still think it was wonderful.
Well, he might be a little disappointed, truthfully, but he would be very dedicated in not showing it and find everything positive about it until he wasn't.
"In the meantime," he said, as their banter finally brought them around to the causeway and he grinned again, "my suprise shall have to suffice! There's our portal now.
"I'll admit," he said with a chuckle, "I'm not sure if this is a situation that calls for me to invite you to go first out of courtesy, one that requires me to embark forward first out of chivalry since it's quite true we don't know exactly what might be awaiting us there, or if it's best we go together, on some count of three. What do you suppose, Vette?"
Although, really, he thought he knew the answer.