"Maybe I could help you along with that, push you into the stream so you could stop looking." Sweet-talking Austria was akin to warming an ice queen, but Prussia persisted. She started moving in the shallow waters, splashing with her feet, if not with enough force to reach Austria before she stretched her arms over her head. The sleeves extended with the effort, inching the hem of her shirt up her thighs.

"My question was serious." she added as an after thought.