>Stop for a moment, take her hand into ours and look her in the eyes gently
>"Look, Parsee... you know it's not about that. You know I care about you, and how much I appreciate how you've been there for me. But this isn't a competition. Please don't try to turn it into one. I don't want to be something people fight over."
>"Renko and Maribel are good people, too, and they've spent a long time searching for stuff like this, back when you would have laughed at them for it. I think they deserve their share of vindication, too. I'd just like everyone to go away satisfied from this. You, them, and me. Promise me we can work something out without any hard feelings?"