[ olivia, for her part, can only return riza's curious look with one of her own. perhaps even tinged with a dash of incredulous shock. as if the answers to her question should be obvious enough. as if they were as glaring as the contours of every muscle the man so shamelessly displays right now.

it actually takes her a moment to get around to it. ]

I mean... look at him. [ for one thing!! ] And he is an actual hero from a very famous legend [ only applicable to certain worlds, though, ah ] also he's big and strong and brave but even though he seems really intimidating, he's also really sweet and gentle and tender and when he looks at you, he has this way of making it seem like you're the only person that matters and then there's the just way he talks—!

[ please.

please stop her. ]