"No, no," she laughed a little.

Withdrawing from him, she gave him a gentle pat, as if to say she wasn't going far. And she shifted her hair a bit so he could see how long hers had grown. "I've not cut it once since I've been at the academy. I didn't notice until recently how long it'd gotten. I think I'll be wearing it like this from now on."

Then she gauged his reaction, "Do you think that'd be okay, or do I look silly?" Because she trusted him to tell her the truth - not just that she was pretty.