I would get nowhere in my life right now if I didn’t have just a little bit of forwardness.

[She was pretty much ready to go into convincing mode, but she feels a rush of relief when the actual conditions are laid out.

So she can trust him after all.

She does feel a little bad that she didn’t tell Astralin about the outing yet, but he would definitely hear of it soon.]

Those conditions are fair. I can work with those.

[She nods her head in the direction of town rose gardens. Because this place has always had that, right?! ]

When we get there, I should only be there for a short while. I promise, and then I’ll go straight home.

…your second condition, my crush. She’s pretty well known in the town too. Do you know Juri?