"I wouldn't have said so, but then, he did encourage me to go fight the dragon that tried to eat me when I was fifteen," Lydia mused.

No, she still wasn't over that. She was also still rather hoping that if she ignored the problem long enough it would go away.

"But it's lovely that he encourages you in more pleasant pursuits!" It showed there was hope for Adrian after all, if you asked Lydia.