[He bites his lip as she offers some of the sweetest words he's heard in a good, long while as a controversial politician. Aside from the sweetly spoken words accompanying the leering that he had grown used to in recent weeks.

He considers her words, trying to move quickly past the image of her standing among lalafell, looking rather tall for a change.]

I meant more... If we were just a man and a woman. Without the pulling tides of power and controversy. I know that you would do anything for anyone as the Warrior of Light, but... What if you weren't the Warrior of Light?

[He realizes what he's saying while so, so naked. Yet there is no elegant way to remedy this, so he simply pulls some blanket over his lap.]