[On one hand, something about seeing his expression--how surprised he seems to be, how grateful he is--makes her feel happy inside. Like for the first time in a while, maybe she's really forging some sort of connection with someone.
It's the sort of warmth she's rarely, if ever, experienced since she lost her sister. Even Steiner, as grateful as she is to him, is someone she feels disconnected to in some ways because of the barrier of master-and-servant that's always existed between them on some level.
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It's the sort of warmth she's rarely, if ever, experienced since she lost her sister. Even Steiner, as grateful as she is to him, is someone she feels disconnected to in some ways because of the barrier of master-and-servant that's always existed between them on some level.
BUT...]