[...wheeze she's really hot oh no........ Okay nup. Keeping that thought to himself]

[He doesn't respond to her leaning forward, nor her smirk, though he does hold her gaze this time. He'd probably be more amused and or intrigued by this if he weren't actually still sulking underneath his own little smirk]

Interesting. I uh... have never had a highblood fan before. [Little shrug] You should care, though. He is important, even if maybe he was not as successful as he wanted to be. [And neither is he, in time. Welp );]