"Well, now that I have your reassurances," Irene contributed, and look at that playing-along, right there! "I think I might run the risk, yes. Someone once told me fortune favors the bold, and all that."

Though honestly ordering risotto on vacation rather fell low on the list of bold things Irene had done.

"D'you want to try ordering in Italian?" she offered, curious. It had been fortunate that most people in these major cities seemed to keep accented English in their back pocket, but Irene also couldn't help loving the way the language sounded in general, let alone hearing it from her favorite...blacksmith.