I can understand celebrating. I've lived longer than most back home. But he... [She shrugs. Eyes slipping shut. She'd already explained her bonded's behaviour towards it, and that he was loud. He could probably guess how the bonding ceremony had gone with that.

Though his comment does earn him a stare as the now much shorter girl (5'6!! She'd been 5'7 when she was a teen, the fuck is this?). He'd mentioned being married before..hadn't he? Not that she gets time to question that as he moves on.]

I hope not. [Blunt. But calm, not a flustered denial or anything. But she'd be a bit concerned if they were mistaken for a couple given than neither looked exactly cheerful about being bound.] But that does explain a few things about the last time I was here... [The giggling witches.]