Now they were getting close to the sort of conversation that had, last time, sent her apparating away from him an embarrassed mess. No, Zelda thought. She didnt want to be hurt in that same concerned way, even if he was still leaving and soon, too.

”It wasn’t stupid,” Zelda said insistently. She scooted herself closer to him in the little bed, as if proximity would ensure his continued presence. If he left - when he left - this was over. He was not, she thought, going to want anything to do with her when he came back having found Avalon. So she only had tonight, and she only had right now.

”It wasn’t. And I know what you said last time, I remember - but it wasn’t stupid to bring me down here.”

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