her body had matured closer to the pace of the short-lived races , but her emotions ... because he 'd seen her only for an evening here and there , and because she 'd had to grow up hard and fast after titian was murdered , it had n't occurred to him that surreal 's emotional maturity might develop at a slower pace , that even after a few centuries of being a whore and an assassin , she had still been more of an adolescent girl than a mature woman .