[If Lup noticed the way Elsa froze up just now, then she'll definitely notice the nymph's hand jumps under her touch. But she doesn't pull away, at least, so that's a good sign.]

Wha- no, of course not! I've never had to deal with anyone like that, thankfully. Aside from humans wary of a monster-run business, but I can't exactly blame them for that.

[... This is the problem with learning how to be open, Elsa thinks. Thanks to Anna, to her friends, and to her time in Ryslig, she's become better at expressing herself, at letting her emotions show even if they're not exactly positive emotions. It's a good thing, of course, but it also makes falling back into that pattern of conceal, don't feel all the harder.

She wants to, but she doesn't want to. She hates the feeling of repressing again, but she has to. If things between her and Lup became awkward because she mentions her growing feelings for the other woman... she doesn't know what she'd do.]

It's just... a personal matter I'm not sure how to deal with. Something very new to me.