"Of course," Emrys said with a smirk, unfazed by her shift in tone. If she was disappointed in him, that was fine. It was sort of cute, but pointless. She had no power in this relationship, or in society at large, so what did it matter whether she felt he was honorable or not?

"Whatever could have given you the idea I wasn't?" he teased lightly, adjusting his own gloves. He had his shoulder towards her, not his front, signalling with his body language that he was only half-invested in this conversation since they'd stopped touching.