You're more than welcome. Feel free to ask away if there's anything I can do to help.

[He lifts a hand to hold his head at her question, having pondered over the same thing himself over the last few weeks.]

She has. You can blame me for that, though it might be better to blame the Malnosso. Adele... went out of her way to prove an unnecessary point, and hasn't been the same since. There's a couple of very good reasons why I never took on lovers, Master Sunrider. One was to keep her safe. The other was to keep myself safe.

...she did more damage than she probably realizes, and has made me question my reasons for trusting her as much as I do in the first place.