"Illya," she murmured, catching his hand and bringing it first to her lips and then to her breast, "My life has been complicated since the day I was born. Don't think this is the worst thing that's ever happened, or that I don't know how to deal with upheaval."

She just normally has no time to think so much about it. "I do like my day job, which is why I didn't quit. But the fact that it kept me busy and here on the island instead of with you where I actually wanted to be was frustrating."