For some reason, and it's very probably a reason Will knows just as well as Sariel herself does, that merits a tiny smile. "Officially I don't think I should say." Pause. "But yes, I agree with you."

And if one hand strays toward her right ear but stops in midair when it's halfway there... what of it? Plenty.

It's another minute before Sariel speaks again. "There is something I'd like to show you, before we go back. I think you might enjoy seeing it."