He had to think about that, perhaps a ridiculous amount. He never had been one for that kind of question. Favourite colours didn't play into his life, and so he'd never thought about it.

"White," he said at last. "Or, if that doesn't count, then blue." Both were more based on the first thing to come into his mind than on any real favourite, but that was no bad thing. It was, at least, the distraction she'd promised.