Now she has to be careful, choose a path, and stick to it, and if she's wrong, it will all fall down. Knowing too little could challenge the illusion as much as knowing too much.
Deciding, she lets a small shadow creep into her eyes and her smile turns wistful. "Then you know how hard it's been for him. Everything he went through," she says quietly, but without any implication of recognizing him as part of 'the troubles'. "I'm glad I'll get a chance to know you." That's brighter, eyes warming, and "We'll have to play, if you don't mind winning all the time," is filled with playful self-deprecation again.
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Deciding, she lets a small shadow creep into her eyes and her smile turns wistful. "Then you know how hard it's been for him. Everything he went through," she says quietly, but without any implication of recognizing him as part of 'the troubles'. "I'm glad I'll get a chance to know you." That's brighter, eyes warming, and "We'll have to play, if you don't mind winning all the time," is filled with playful self-deprecation again.