"I had no address at which to write you, and I do not think you would hear me if I shouted for you." Oh, Aglaia. Never change.

"I am well, but there is a... sort of a game people are playing. I am required to, how did she put it. Ah yes. 'Smooch' you. With pictorial evidence. Would this be agreeable to you?" Princess kisses are serious business, so of course, she's being formal. This is not at all because she is embarrassed don't even think that god.