It had been about a month since the official end of the Amelian war. Nils was pretty much healed up from his stab wound, and was back on his feet at Nadar. Paisley was pretty busy these last few weeks. Apparently the end of the war didn't mean that all the chaos was over, and now she was busy trying to help reunite a fractured Amelia, figure out what to do with dozens of war criminals, and a ton of other stuff that Nils couldn't even wrap his head around. He had no idea how she did it all, but she did it.
With all that going on, Nils was starting to have a lot of doubts that now was the best time to propose to Pailsey. He'd been wanting to do it for months now, and he'd finally saved up enough money for a ring. It wasn't a diamond, but a little blue-green stone that the jeweler told him was an aquamarine.
So now the war was over, and he had the ring, and today Paisley had a rare day off. So why did it still feel like it might not be the right time?
If you wait for a time that you're not nervous, you will NEVER ask, Tanith kept telling him, which he had to admit was true. Maybe it wasn't the wrong time, maybe he was just trying to talk himself out of it because he was nervous. If he didn't do it today, he might completely lose his nerve.
So with a new resolve, he decided to ask Paisley if she wanted to work on the garden today. Their little patch of it, the one she had lovingly dubbed The Nilsley Garden. It seemed like a good place to ask. The garden was Paisley's pride and joy, and held only happy memories for both of them.
So that's where he was this morning, in front of Paisley's door, waiting for her to answer, trying to look as casual and not-nervous as possible, as if he didn't have an engagement ring in his pocket.
With all that going on, Nils was starting to have a lot of doubts that now was the best time to propose to Pailsey. He'd been wanting to do it for months now, and he'd finally saved up enough money for a ring. It wasn't a diamond, but a little blue-green stone that the jeweler told him was an aquamarine.
So now the war was over, and he had the ring, and today Paisley had a rare day off. So why did it still feel like it might not be the right time?
If you wait for a time that you're not nervous, you will NEVER ask, Tanith kept telling him, which he had to admit was true. Maybe it wasn't the wrong time, maybe he was just trying to talk himself out of it because he was nervous. If he didn't do it today, he might completely lose his nerve.
So with a new resolve, he decided to ask Paisley if she wanted to work on the garden today. Their little patch of it, the one she had lovingly dubbed The Nilsley Garden. It seemed like a good place to ask. The garden was Paisley's pride and joy, and held only happy memories for both of them.
So that's where he was this morning, in front of Paisley's door, waiting for her to answer, trying to look as casual and not-nervous as possible, as if he didn't have an engagement ring in his pocket.