Christina (2)

if you haven't read my post Christina (1), you might read it first. then again, you'll probably just keep reading this one.
this is about another instance with Christina, the person who has had the most unstatistically good influence on my character.
I was escorting Christina somewhere (such as might happen particularly at EFY or in movies depicting nobility) that everyone was going, and it was me, Christina, and her sister Afton walking together. within about ten yards out the door, I started to feel awkward about being, I guess arm in arm with Christina and just letting Afton "tag along." but what was I going to do, just ask if I could escort her too? probably within about 15 seconds of me really starting to feel awkward, Christina said something like "do you think you could escort my sister too? I think she'd appreciate it... thank you, Samuel." did she alleviate the awkwardness for me, and probably any that they felt? yes. but that wasn't all: she flattered me, she asked me in a way that (once you add just how admired and liked her) I could have hardly refused anything. There are a lot more lessons I get or kind of get from this, but one clear one is: you don't have to wait to use all the tact you have until you need it. In this example, the way she asked would have been enough to make me want to do it if I found it unpleasant, but she didn't wait to ask that way until she had something to ask me that I could see as unpleasant. she asked when it could have been construed as a sacrifice for her, and should definitely be considered a gain (for lack of a better term) for me. ( : If you can be that humble when, say, you donate money, people will be impressed and like you for it, no?