Rhysand smiled back their gaze met, and resumed listening. When she was done he nodded. "You questioned earlier if you were the one at fault, when all these situations turn out the same. I think I believe you to be, but I say that not in a negative way. I am proud for you, if you, and I adore you because of you. But most people are not so....hard, I'm the sense that maybe they bend their opinions to others, or maybe they are not so strong in an opinion that they can't formulate a proper rebuttal. Regardless the reason, you are a planetary force among the stars, and those tiny stars don't know how to move in your orbit."
He leaned aside and put the glass on a coaster on a side table, then extend a hand to beckon her over.
"I like to listen to you discuss how you feel, by the way. You don't need to dismiss yourself so easy."