[X] 5 Bring up her tastes/likes in regards to fantasy and science fiction directly before maneuvering things towards a "what if it were real" hypothetical... or alleged hypothetical, anyway.: (Jaerys, tenchifew, Ct613hulu, Fellgar, pepperjack)
[X] 2 Use the moment to explain to her about Blanche's past and, specifically, Sophie... and, thus, why you want to support her (or, at least, the cover-story version).: (Night_stalker, Demonlorddraco91)