Did he want her to marry him? Earlier he'd have said no, but now he wasn't sure. He looked into her eyes for too long, and then looked away and rubbed his face.
"I don't know," he admitted finally. "But I think that you'll be safer if you don't accept it. It's gotten rather… complicated."
The girl registered as 'Cinderella' didn't ask what had gotten complicated, instead she frowned at the screen in front of her, and asked, "You're prepared for children?"
He blinked again, and explained, "That is the primary goal of the contract, yes?"
The secondary goal was of course the support of the Queen, but that was phrased more subtly than the clear outlines about the care of the children, one of whom would be the future King of Eks Corp. Her expression was thoughtful as she glanced between the screen and his face. He didn't know what else to say.
"My kids might have blank memory libraries at birth even if they inherit their father's M," she told him suddenly.
