Shocked, at first. I thought I wasn't seeing correctly.

[there's no reason to be lying right now - he'll continue on, until he needs to veil himself again.]

And then I understood what had happened, and I thought that perhaps it was for the best that the king hadn't seen through you yet. Whatever she would feel upon beholding you wasn't something I could fathom.

But I never mistook the two of you. You have something in your eyes that's different, all your own. That's plain enough to see.