[ Beatrix certainly does not give away much. Her expression is as icy and collected as ever, though by now, Susato is able to recognize some of the turbulence within.

A year is a long time. ]

You may be right. But...I don't know that I could live that way.

[ ...There's a pause. She does not mean to be contradictory, so she clarifies, ]

Well... I think I cling too much to routine, at least. I take comfort in what I am used to. But life in Reverein has taught me to be a little spontaneous, if nothing else.