[Rook's expression and tone soften just as quickly as they had grown intense, feeling the way Jade tenses uncomfortably in the face of his words. That piercing gaze is replaced by soft lips pressed over Jade's brow, a warmth in his voice that's unusual only in quietly intimate and personal it is, rather than his usual explosive energy.]

Have you forgotten how I adore you, or should I start praising you again?

If I wasn't planning to help you with it, I would have stayed quiet, and let you realize your mistakes only once it was far too late to fix them.