[Eyebrow cocked, Bell looked mildly disturbed, if vaguely interested in that tangent. And then it was back to the hug thing, and Youth kind of lost him again, until the bit about being forced. God, he hoped it didn't come to that. His tone was teasing, but relatively dull.] Ah...shame. But I believe in waiting. I happen to like long courtships. You wouldn't rush into things, would you?

[In the book, they were trying to figure out if the pig was radiant or not. Bell decided Youth was just a little more interesting at the moment. A connection between them, however, was still too vague to go off of.] So just because I'm aloof, I'm the man of your dreams? You aren't very particular about these kinds of things, are you?