"I can do that!" He'd dressed nice, and he wasn't wearing his sling even if he should be. Orion could be ready in minutes.
"Can Riku come with me?" he tried really hard not to ask it quickly like he was doing something bad, and he looked firmly from his Mother to his Father and back. "He doesn't have to." See, he was ASKING permission not just DOING it, like he might have done if he wasn't trying to be as good and rule abiding in his courtship as possible since his Father said he'd give Riku a chance. "It will be his family coming in as well." So, if he couldn't ride OUT with him he at least needed to be allowed to stand at the gate to greet his brother and sister.