"And destroy her threesome dreams?" Bert pulled a face of comic horror. "I could never!" But his smile, for all that, was really rather gentle. He stood up with her, cradling the kitten in his arms and scratching it between the ears. "Listen. Nariko. I love him. Ever have, and ever will. But he's being an ass, even more than I am. Don't let him get to you. I'm not joking, it's not worth it, even if he is."

As if he didn't let Roland get under his skin more often than she ever did.