"So what do they give you this Order for?" said Austin Grey. "Fornication?" And hooking his fingers beneath it, he ripped the sash from Lymond's shoulder. The little glove also pinned there fell with it.
"With my wife?" said Francis Crawford.
Checkmate, oh Checkmate...
(the glove falls off before their brief fight, but Austin is the enemy, isn't he? "Do you keep it, M. Crawford. For someone truly dangerous.")
This entire scene got tears in my eyes. It's the way she tells them all--so matter-of-fact, but with an unmistakable love beyond every word. Like she's completely made her peace with it. Suletta's still trying to move forward, but now she's not as desperate for her mother's affection, because she knows why it won't come? Maybe just knowing is enough. She still loves her mother. But she knows her mother's feelings towards her are much more complicated.
"When you wake, it will be back in our camp, back in our small, dirty, bloody patch of existence. But stay with me now. There are endless worlds out there. Countless ways to declare love. Infinite ways to express it. Too much for one night… but we shall try."
Gun: do you think there's another universe where I'm brave enough to tell Tinn how I feel?
Por: look, mate. I'm secretly dating Tiwson.
Gun: !?
Por: and like you and Tinn, me and Tiwson are real different. Like he loves hot pot and I love BBQ pork. The one thing we have in common, the most important thing, was choosing to say how we feel even with the risk of rejection.
Gun, contemplative:
Por: so, stop imagining another universe. The Tinn you love is in this one.