Silly Leslie, he's blushing because he likes you and not just because you are a girl. But there are more important things going on so no time for romance and it's better that way for the plot.
hmm so if leslie is 16 now, and according to her her coming of age ceremony is in 2 years, so the coming of age is 18, konrad had his the previous year, so he's 19 now. sooo there's only a 3 year gap between them. huh, i was right.
I find it so interesting how much courage she gets from her family name. I mean we obv know her background, but the way she thinks and her values are so so lawful, it's almost a direct contradiction to america's individualistic values!