She chuckled softly, "You've known for that long, haven't you?" Or at least, he had a feeling. Shionne had been slower to realize than him since she had been trying so hard to keep him - and the others - at a distance. Even those little moments when she wanted to reach out to him but pulled back before he noticed - those moments of longing to touch him, "It ..you know.. it was hard when I still had my thorns.. when I realized what you meant to me." But she reminisces with a warm smile rather than any distress.