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Greta nods; that seems most sensible. She can correct him on any bits that have gone wrong. And if he starts to get too far ahead of her, she can just stop him. (Realistically speaking, she knows the temptation to know what she's missed might prove too tempting, but she could cut him off if it seemed best.)

Her enthusiasm is tempered by the way Jesse's behaving. He seems rather subdued, as if the story, as he knows it, might not be exactly what she wants to hear. In a sudden burst of paranoia, she wonders if he knows about her and the Prince. It certainly isn't a detail she'd planned on sharing with anyone. Nor would she have expected the Prince to have told anyone, and not just because she got the impression that their encounter, while thrilling for her, was unremarkable (or perhaps just typical) for him. But how else could it have made it into the fabric of their tale?

If her spirits are a little dampened, they're not entirely doused, and she spends most of the short walk to Jesse's apartment amusing Ripley -- who admittedly makes the job easy.