"I figure if I want or need to catch up for some reason I can still go looking, but I can be prepared, you know?" she said. The jab she took at her meal was a little more aggressive than usual, but in no way threatening to the dishes. She didn't want him out of her life entirely, but at arms length seemed the best for all concerned.
Daani had been privately slightly relishing the chance to give Tina the tiniest scare and she smiled wryly. "I absolutely promise to be careful, and I'll make sure I brush up on all the useful spells before I go," she said reassuringly. "My family are all magical and comparatively wealthy, particularly the ones I'm mostly staying with. Plus once I'm there I'll be sure to memorise a safe apparition spot or two in case we go to the village and get caught out." The blessings of magic were many. "I'm just glad I can finally put my specific portkey requests in. Those in country contacts are going to come in handy to get the internal ones in India set up."
Eating quietly for a few minutes Daani looked around at the garden, impressed as ever by its lushness, and as resolved as ever not to touch anything so she didn't mess it up. Then her eyes caught on a particular colour of a flower and frowning. "Hey," she said, quickly chewing and swallowing the rest of her mouthful before she said another word. "You know that flower and the poem I got? Either several people have decided I am now single and ready to date and work is the right place to leave me tokens of affection, or someone really likes me, because there have been other things." She had been pushing it to the back of her mind. Partly because there was no pattern and never a signature, partly because she was mildly flattered by it even if she wasn't open to dating, and a little because she had plenty of other things going on and nothing was very intrusive.