[ Lips pursing just so, she averts her eyes, her sigh almost defeated. ]

I look the part now, but I’ve always been a lady, Will.

[ Her eyes flicker back to his, however fleeting. ]

Though I admit, it gives me a bit of a stir to hear you refer to me as such. [ She twirls some of her hair between her fingers— until she abruptly stops herself with a bigger sigh!! ]

Even so, would you consider me too weak to endure you?

[ There’s a dangerous sort of edge to those words! ]