Liron smiles and softly sighs. Vorteria hints that if freed from his service, freed to do as she wishes, she might somehow look beyond the limits of time and so tell him of what might come in days hence. It is her one form of protest, often repeated, against being bound to Liron’s will. Vorteria says she would always serve him, for she is pleased to do so, and Liron believes her, but still she must protest. In an odd way, it makes her seem almost human, more womanly, capable of a woman’s natural and charming contradictions.