Oh Watchers no. Gia knew that look. She'd seen it in the eyes of many before, and she didn't doubt she'd see it again. She didn't like when she saw it in the men she had been told to have dinner with. Men who, she knew without being told, Ilario thought would be a good match in regards to marriage. It made everything so much harder when they latched onto her looks -- for what else did Rune Halvari have to go off in the past few moments if not those? -- and proceeded to paint any of her flaws in the best possible light because they wanted to.
"Ah well, thank you Synnove." First names were all and well between the women, but Gia would continue addressing Rune otherwise unless told, and possibly even if she was told. "I picked it for that very reason."
As Gia settled her skirts, she kept her attention off of Rune until he spoke directly to her. Watchers truly help me, I do not know what to do with this one. A smile came to her lips by nothing other than habit as she lifted the glass the servant was filling, grateful for the tang of wine on her tongue. Perhaps enough of that would help her ruin every last one of Ilario's baseless hopes. Gia had been trying to do that for years. She looked forward to the day when she would succeed. If Rune provided her that, she may even allow him to kiss her cheek. "You flatter me, my lord," she murmured in that polite voice she'd practiced during her time at court. "I am certainly no more lovely than your sister, Synnove, she had beautiful eyes."