Niko smiles brightly, basking in the glow of an apparent job well-done. "You deserve nothing less than perfection, because you're perfect in every way. I didn't think such a thing was even humanly possible, but then I met you, just casually being the epitome of flawlessness every dang day."

He looks more than a little touched when Blythe keeps the first ring anyway, humble as it is. "I wouldn't dream of it! Maybe I oughta get into metalworking, so that my next attempt at bedazzling you with arts and crafts is a little snazzier."