The bow was very elegantly done, Molokov noted with approval. The shyness was just the icing on the cake, as it were, and he had to remind himself to stay cool and collected. He wanted to know more about her, yes, but he would get nothing if he was too eager. Slowly, slowly was the rule.

"I did not mean to watch," he confessed. "I happened to be passing by the park and you caught my eye. I do not think I have ever seen anything like that before."