In there. She's the most boring person alive. All goodness and light and perfect little princess, you know.

[ Ugh. He sounds long-suffering, but there's affection in his voice too, deeper and more genuine than the show of apathy he's putting on, and subtle enough he doesn't seem to notice it slipping out. ]

Stubborn as you are, too. [ And maybe that's the real reason he's telling her any of this. ] Are you going to hold up your end of the bargain?