[Well, that will certainly be...interesting, when it's time for that to come to light.

You're whipped and smitten, boy.

She is...glad, at least, that he knows, even as it pains her that he already knows how much time he has to wait in the Crystal. How much time he needs. So much of his life, wasted, all to just-

She doesn't want to think about it. Now is not the time to think of their future, when there are more pressing things to think about.]

So you already know everything laid out before you. [Her voice is soft, and she sighs.] But you're here, now. Both of us are.

And it seems we're not the only ones here, yes? Your retainers are here as well?

[She's glad he hasn't been here alone, but that leaves a more pressing question - how long have they all been here?]