"Why, Pike, I never knew you were a romantic!" Shaun's delighted even though she is talking about sleeping with a married man. Though in her time Percy is not yet married it seemed like. It was hard to say with so few details. "That's terribly sweet of you."

And she had eaten the food. This result was much better than the aphrodisiac food that was more common on the island. Confessing desires was one thing. Acting on them another.

"Well, I think that food is responsible. This place likes to put things in the food that influence people to do things they wouldn't normally do." There's a note of regret in his voice. "I'm sorry I didn't find you sooner to warn you."

But he would keep everything she said right now in strictest confidence.