No one is forcing you to have any tea. [Out of the ordinary, he says. Shayera herself can be just a hair less ordinary than other lakeside wives. Unlike dear brother Jade, she had seemed interested in a high-class evening at a polished establishment; she was just too busy.]

One of the girls was struggling through something about a date for the dance, but I hardly consider that out of the ordinary. [It isn't like him to make feeler statements for no reason.] Is such a thing happening now?