I would rather not think about what it was like to be your shinki. Thankfully, I don't recall even a moment of it.

[ Insulting? Yes. But it's also William's way of saying he much prefers how things are now. ]

Perhaps they will keep us here, then.

[ He'll try not to get too hopeful, as that never seems to help in getting him what he'd like. For now, he'll simply ease further into the plush chair. He's grown so content with this moment, that he doesn't even notice his own thumb rubbing almost soothingly against the back of Grell's hand. ]