"I think that's an excellent idea." Lucius did feel that way about most of the ones he initiated, of course. "And patience, you have - in spades. I'm not sure how you do it. I suppose it must help not to waste it on every poor fool who asks." She really had waited up too late for him. But part of him was glad he hadn't simply found her asleep - going to bed with the evening's work still fresh in his mind rarely made for peaceful nights, these days. And this made him feel almost normal, like he was pulling back just that much farther from the edge. He pressed her hand briefly, and let it go. "I'm very sorry if I've tried it. You'll have to let me make it up to you, sometime."