[He tries to look stern, but the effect is somewhat undermined by the smile tugging at his mouth.] I suppose as long as the ones I intend to visit do not feel they are being neglected in the encounter, it should not make a difference. [Perhaps he should wear a tighter-fitting shirt than he typically does for business.]

And I with you. Who else could get me to take an actual break from my duties?

[But even so, he's barely prepared for her next words, and so his kiss is return is hungrier than the ones before by far. The intensity only lasts the space of the one kiss, but when he pulls away his eyes are a deeper blue than before, almost an exact match for the shade of his Jewel. Sapphire is powerful and respectable by any measure, but a Priestess had told him in confidence it was his Birthright. Whatever had happened to him before his arrival, he hadn't yet made the Offering to the Darkness.

If he truly wanted to dance with Witch, he really should descend to his full strength first.]

I love you, Wanda, with all I am. Perhaps it is time we're seen together outside the Court.