[The question startles her. She wishes she could see his face in this moment. She doesn't mind, really. It's like an exercise in which they pretend Tante Heleen never existed, in which she never went to the Menagerie or dressed in their silks.
She pauses for a few more moments. The second dangerous part of this is assuming he's talking about them. This snuggling could just be another transaction to him, a part of her whispers, and she feels butterflies in her stomach. Still, she's done impossible things for Kaz. She can be brave and do one more.]
With you? [It's a delaying tactic while she thinks, but she'd still like to know.]
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She pauses for a few more moments. The second dangerous part of this is assuming he's talking about them. This snuggling could just be another transaction to him, a part of her whispers, and she feels butterflies in her stomach. Still, she's done impossible things for Kaz. She can be brave and do one more.]
With you? [It's a delaying tactic while she thinks, but she'd still like to know.]