It ought to be surprising that they've ended up having a conversation like this on their first date, but, somehow, it isn't. She nods. As usual, taking his glasses off transforms him somehow, his eyes limpid and lovely. Marianne finds herself distracted for a moment, and, when she realises, she blushes faintly.

"You're right," she says. "I think most of us are from places that are easier than that. Most of the time, anyway."