Yves didn't reach for the fruit, but he did admire the tea set. He was more than old enough to recall a time when that sort of thing had been so very modern.

"You have a taste for the classics," he noted, "On some people this nest of yours would come off as trite, but- It suits you. It makes sense somehow. Like nothing else would surround you quite so perfectly. ...Have you always had an interest in the Victorian era?"