[ That's absurdly sweet and encouraging enough to net her apparent return to pick it up again with a small prim sniff and a tone as gentle as it had been incensed before. ]

No, cher. It is not. [ Resignedly amused: ] Worry not, my honor is a small enough patch of land to stand upon these days that another cede of territory shall hardly make much difference.

Even so, I find my spirits well bolstered by your offer.