[Shaking his head, he lets a chuckle escape his lips. For the briefest moment, he let himself look at that glimmer of hope that his combat days were definitely over, and not just reinstated under some sorceress' twisted games.]

[But, even if this woman is true to her word and doesn't deceive him... knowing his luck, war would break out and they would be cannon-fodder anyway.]

I've held a lot of different duties in my military career, and I confess that "look pretty" has only been mine once or twice. [He's joking, probably?]