After three seconds that felt like an eternity to Zeph, as he knelt before Lilith not sure what she would say, or where he got the determination to ask her at that very moment, Lilith gave her response.
"Zeph, I will accept this and your intentions, but it is our tradition to ask to be pierced. I will not ask until you tell me why you wish to marry me, and you have fed me. I have been going crazy with hunger. It would not surprise me if you were in Central on orders to deal with me. One way or another."