"Compassion isn't weakness," she snapped it, and then a heavy sigh came from her. This was not going the way she had thought it might. Not that she had thought on it much, but the rare time she had considered seeing him through the Bond again, she had hoped it would go better than, well, this.

"They had marriage rites." Better to just get to her point. She picked up the book, her fingers gently lingering over the words. It was easier, she felt, if she didn't look at him. If she focused on something else. "It's all here."