That is not entirely what being with Wilde is. The rebellious aspect of it is...well. A happy accident? A necessary component? Confusing, in the end.

She does not say as much. It wouldn't do to let him get smug. Saira's need to be a step ahead is perhaps pathological; perhaps she just thinks he wouldn't be so infatuated with her if she wasn't. Hard to say.

"I'll consider it," she says after letting the silence drag for a minute, just to keep him on his toes. "The logistics will prove challenging. I hope you realize this."