[...hello sir is this really funny???? Like she was expecting on the level of "I sent her into town to fetch some coffee and when she got back we were all sitting in the tent with ours"; not. Giving a girl a false sense of hope and then yanking it away????

Lords, she's gotten softer in her years away from the worlds. Or maybe this example just strikes a particular nerve, who knows? But Wave shakes her head, the small smile not falling from her face.]

I see where you're going with the idea, but the execution leaves something to be desired. Was there actually any way for her to be successful, or were you just making her an offer knowing it was a false hope?

[And then that look turns sidelong, eyebrow lifting in a sort of challenge.]

I bet you've been more creative than that.