He blinked at look at Rook as if surprised by the suggestion. It hadn't even occurred to him to try and get him to strip - especially not in public like that. Goodness gracious. "Save that thought for another time," he shook his head slightly, hiding both amusement and a sense of scandal.
Ash looked startled by the question that followed and then turned away, embarrassed by it. Toreadors had a reputation and he knew he was just as bad. "I do not know. I get... distracted - by my work. I forget people are there because I become so focused on the art. Were it not for my occasional ghouls, I would forget to eat as well." His hands grasped his upper arms in a self-hug, "So I have left. I have been left. I just never meant to do it. I never meant to be like my sire."