He frowns a little. "The wording of that oath would belittle my Lord Mother, Gaav-dono. Anou, and you make me worry when you ask for my hand right after a question like that, ne!" he winks, asking it lightly since he did hear Gaav promise not to incapacitate him. More seriously again, he goes on, "I can agree to help and cooperate with you, to be guided by your judgment when you give it and to take your welfare and Val-kun's into my heart, and your goals where they don't conflict with previous oaths or loyalties, and I will if that can be enough for you, but I can't agree to be anyone's servant but He--"
He stops (although he'd pressed once more against the calloused fingers with the bridge of his nose), and gets rather a funny look on. "Anou... do you say that Greyweir-san is in your pa-- that is, under your protection? Well, I've already been trying to forget that his eyes are soft, since Val-kun is attached to him, but since you ask, that's who I was thinking of." His eyes are soft, and his other membranes, and Xel in his tornado form would only have to pick up a load of sand from the beach to make him very uncomfortable even with the protection of his skin--Xel stops the vicious fantasizing before it's gone on longer than half a heartbeat. Now that he's heard Gaav say that, basking in the feeling isn't on.
"Zhoka-san." He smiles; he likes Joker. He's awfully engaging for someone who'll slit your throat if you stand still for thirty seconds. "Anyway, Phibrizzo-dono has no claim to Iago-san's soul, ne," he adds, a little heated just at the thought of Phibrizzo even potentially thinking otherwise.
He smiles. "Saa, well, that's the only thing that's really going on now in the town, that I've noticed, other than what we've already talked about. And a banked fire is one that's built to last. I know that city conflicts without arms and domestic conflicts aren't very interesting to you, but you can still taste it, ne? Pride on the smoulder, gathering grudges?"
True, true! Not that she'd let that stop her. n,n;; Oh, yes, I'm sure he'll survive. But he'd better hope Potterverse goes out of fashion by then! (g) Yay! It's very bright. Have you found the fanart of the five Lords together? It's pastelly, so I could see Gaav not wanting to use it, but quite good art. ^,^