"And I didn't want to live the same life my mother lived, with every detail planned in advance. It was quite the scandal when I decided to change things up a bit." She smirks back. "A century is a long time. Even when one is long-lived." But she knows she'll have to go follow in the family tradition eventually, though not until she's willing to do it.

"Yes, it does. Granted, it wasn't that easy but since when is love easy?" And Tinya blushes. The course of true love never did go smoothly, after all. "Not exactly. I just happened to have a spare."