[He hesitates a moment longer, considering. What she offers sounds too good to be true, given what he's learned of how arrangements here tend to work, but she's undeniably earnest, and he can't deny that carries a great deal of weight.
He exhales, reaching out to take the offered hand and turning it gently, bowing low to place a chaste kiss against the back of it.]
no subject
He exhales, reaching out to take the offered hand and turning it gently, bowing low to place a chaste kiss against the back of it.]
When you ask like that, how could I not? I will.