Haleth looks at him for another minute, then nods, stepping forward. "Then I accept your suit." She reaches down and takes his hands, twining their fingers together. "We may not marry as Men do, but I will wed with you in the manner of your people, and take no other for all my days."

She looks down at their hands rather than at his face, and her voice is quiet but firm. "And even if seasons or years pass between our meetings, still I will take joy in whatever time we are able to have."