[ A light hum, as Ariel enters the stage, now blowing bubbles with a bubble gun out into the crowd. One lands right on the crown of Yingying's head. ]

You're the type to go right for what you want, huh? [ Well. That tracks with her pursuit of Yi Sang. Hopefully they're a little closer to figuring that out, even if the conversation Aventurine had with him is a blur, now. ] I see the appeal of a little mutual pining, but in the end...I guess I would agree with you. No happy ending in a tale like that would just be a waste of time.

[ His answer to this might have been very different a few weeks ago, but he's...had a change of heart, to say the least. ]