Would you accept a bet that you couldn't fit both of your feet there? [ Robyn can't help but laugh, genially, but it softens into a reassuring sort of smile. ] Alistair, it's all right. I've had some... time to come to terms with it, and to decide how I feel about it all.

[ And how she feels is that she isn't going to doubt her own memories anymore, no matter what other people say.

It may also be slightly easier for her because her double isn't romantically involved with a stranger, which... she still feels incredibly guilty over his seeing in her memory. ]

Well, no one will ever be able to read it but you, what with it... all the way up there. [ The Warden hums another faint laugh, raising to the tops of her toes to feign reaching up to nab the tome. ] See? Your book is safe from me.

[ Er, and anyone else. So, the pair begin off and out of the library, toward the stairs. ]

Oh, well, if you've made a promise to him and aren't planning on keeping it... I don't think that anyone can save you. [ She says, seriously, brows raising in a dramatic expression. ] He has very sharp teeth, and terrible breath, and-

[ A few steps up, she freezes in place. ]

Wait- Do you hear that? [ Without much of a poker face, it's much easier to tell that she's only teasing him, but her eyes are still wide in mock-fear even though her lip's curled in a faint smile. ]

He might be closer than you think!

[ Zip! She snaps a hand out and grabs at his arm in a little gesture meant to startle... or, to play at it, anyway. ]