She looked suitably impressed. "You can build things out of glass? That's...incredible. I mean, I've always thought there was something kind of magical about glass. A stone you can see through. I guess because where I grew up, we didn't have much in the way of glass. When I moved to Valeria, I remember I used to spend hours looking at windows. Especially ones with stained glass. It was just so beautiful..."

And she realized, then, that she had probably just said more than she'd said at whole parties and balls. Maybe she was rambling. It was all true, of course. But it was just tumbling out.

Shaking her head, she gestured to the house. "Would you like to come inside? I can't really cook, but I do know how to make tea. To warm up."