Kyra seemed to pick up on the calculated shift in his manner almost instantly. Leaning back minutely, she replied in a measured tone. "That is...not so easily done. But allow me to hear your terms first."
Jaegar's head tilted as a hint of a smirk played across his lips. "Very well, Princess. Then let me start with a rather...personal query." He let the words hang for a tantalizing moment before continuing. "Do you have a lover?"
The question dropped like a lead weight, with even the ever-unflappable Kaeso's eyes widening in astonished disbelief. From behind Kyra, one of the attendant maids gasped out a scandalous "Insolence!"
Kyra, however, merely raised a single hand to silence the outburst before it could swell further.