but i could see that she was wholly blind

"I don't love you."

"Of course you don't. You don't know how."

"HEY! You don't have to be such a snuffin' pomp-arse about it. I was just...statin' a fact. Thought you loved when people do that."

"Your honesty is much appreciated."

"Is there a reason you're bein' all way-too-cool about this?"

"I, too, was just stating a fact. You could no more love me than see with my glasses on."

"Oi! You wanna bet?!"

Still, Taion reserved his smirks for Eunie's about-faced back. He was an ember out of clock; he needed her hubris to take the first step.