Eric gave her a small smile in return. "Your Daniel?" he asked. "Was he one of your lovers before you came here?" Eric wasn't jealous, merely curious. Vala had told Eric before that she'd had two lovers that she'd cared for, and he wondered if this Daniel was one of them. He'd sort of assumed that she'd been with her lovers at some point in the distant past; he'd never really considered that she may have left someone behind that she loved when she arrived at the Folly.