Azucena nearly felt a need to blush at his remark. A graceful lady? He seemed quite forward about the things he wanted, which was enough to enamor her any day. Azu was a fairly simple woman, who as much as she appeared to be difficult to conquest, she was not.
She was the kind of woman who believed in love at first sight, positive she would find it no matter how long it took. In her mind, she had began to ponder pictures of two moonstones, one from her, one from Cassian, being laid next to each other on a table. As they looked down at the two gems, studying their roughly cut edges, they realized the two looked compatible. She nudged hers closer, smiling when she realized he had done the same with his. But before she could gaze too long upon his hand that moved it, they were distracted by a glow coming from the puzzle pieces joining at every intricacy. And it was not just like the books, where suddenly everything was perfect. It was real life, and they were still flawed, but that did not matter as much when they were made from the same matter. Like two identical flames, burning through one another.
That was what Blue imagined love should feel like. But the third time was always the charm, was it not? Or fourth, depending on who you might ask. Regardless of her doubts, her hope was stronger. Hope this would be the man not to leave, the man to stay by her side, so she continued.
“And I could not seize the opportunity to let a gentleman like yourself save me.” She gave him a playful look, fighting the urge to giggle when he repeated after her. She had been accommodated to servants repeating her requests in a similar manner, in order to make sure all of their communications were clear. However, she was not used to men repeating her verbatim. It felt a bit silly, and she appreciated the effort.
Blue fought the urge to blush once again when he replied to her acquaintance, laughing at his remark about his place of origin. “Cassian,” She savored the name. “I am not sure I agree with this title of yours.” She thought satirically. “Although it may not give you this delight of an accent,” She flipped her hair jokingly, letting it fall to frame her face again a bit more messily. Which would surely earn her a lecture from mother, but she did not mind it if she got to live a little for a bit. “I am confident your mother region is interesting as well.” She reinforced, trying to be nice without being a complete bore.
“As for dance partners, I must see if there is any room on my dance carddddd,” She toyed, looking up as if she were recalling all of the men she was waiting for a dance with. And contrary to popular belief, there were not too many of those (cough @DandelionKate @benitz786). It was a relatively quick thought before she congratulated him. “I believe we are in luck! I would be enchanted to dance with you, my lord.” She said sincerely, possibly showing her cards early in the game, but again, it all depended on Cassian’s response.