You don't understand. [She sighed, fingers squeezing gently against his.] So few people have done right by me in the past. I want to be able to properly celebrate those who do.

[Only one person from the troupe that had "saved" her had come to this world. She'd done what she could to convey her gratitude, but the idea of the five others who had saved her from that hell going unthanked...]

[She would just have to do all she could in order to make up for that.]

So please, you're only helping me by asking for a hand. I promise.