"It was, to put it mildly, one of the wildest and most intense places I've ever been. I visited a few years ago when the gold rush was going strong. I say men shot, stabbed, and heated for a pittance of gold. But I also saw some of the wildest, most savage, and untamed natural beauty I have ever seen in my life. In the winter it is an ethereally beautiful place where the air so cold water can freeze the moment it hits it. And in the summer it is lush, gorgeous and vibrant." He explains as he sets down his finished tea. "In short, it was almost as pretty as you are my dear." He gives her a charming smile as he lays that particular line on her.