Katya nodded as Isobel spoke. "Da, this is true," she said when the other woman finished. "And there are many... how do you say... variables?" Idiomatic English was usually quite beyond her grasp. She knew a few expressions, but they were piecemeal at best and didn't get her too far. "The future, it is not always so easy to tell. But I am thinking, if you are making the right choices, he could like you more than just as friends." The parallel to her own life didn't go unnoticed, but Katya dismissed it quickly and reminded herself that it was clearly a coincidence.