“After a moment, he (Ren) elaborated, "By the way, I didn't say you weren't attractive. I just said you're young."

"So is Nilima by your standards. You're more than three hundred years old!"

"That's true." He grinned lopsidedly in an attempt to get me to smile.

"Technically, you should be dating a very old lady." A tiny smile passed my lips.”