Sarah stroked his temple for a full two seconds before what he was offering truly sunk in. "You'd help me?" she asked, not shocked or baffled so much as surprised, a surprise that was quickly being replaced by far stronger emotions, like love.
Jareth had been a wealth of mockery opportunities for Peter and others, and it wasn't without merit, it wasn't just mocking the powerful rather than fear it. Jareth was ridiculous in many ways. And Sarah still had no idea what all he had been capable of doing.