"It would please me to have any ball," Demeter said, "And you know that. For now that you said it, I am going to expect that you will." Being who she was and without prying eyes, she looped her arm through her brother's, "But that can be discussed perhaps later. You wished to see me and I feel that perhaps it has not to do with balls or flower crowns. Come, let us walk, and you may share with me whatever you will. My lips are sealed and you may entrust your confidence in them staying as so. How fare things with your queen?"
While still somewhat spirited at having some private talk with her brother, she allowed herself to calm a bit, to let him speak freely. She always wished her brothers to speak honestly with her.