"You took long enough anyway," she gently teases. It's true, she was beginning to think that it was a completely unrequieted crush until the first time they kissed. Even the quasi-date beforehand didn't give her any real feeling that he thought of her as more than just his partner's daughter.

Her attention shifts to the weave of his shirt. "But that's why I went back. No matter what happens, no matter what I do...we're all in danger." Not a victim or easily hurt, but Moiraine thought shields could not protect against bullets and in a real crisis she'd rather be a knowledgable target than one simply waiting to be eliminated.

"I spent years trying to run away only to find that it was...part of me."