"Leave our siblings out of this," Death said. (She wasn't Didi, then. Not really. Her age shone in her eyes, and her very skin had gone paler.)

"I'm not doing this because I'm bored, or because our sister-brother is toying with me, or any of that. I'm doing this because I fell in love. Have the grace not to insult the object of my affections in front of him."

Seriously. Her hand crept over, patted Jono's. "Now let's change the topic before I bring up Thessaly and scare Jono away."