Gilbert nodded in response to her words. She was correct in that. She was rather good at knowing people. He had never been particularly good at understanding them. They had a lot of different motives for things, but Rowena only knew what they all were.
"Of course. I will await your decision on that. You were always quite good with such things." Much better than he was. It was not a very horrible thing, he supposed.
He tried not to look as displeased at having pink sparkles on his robes as he was. "I suppose it might." He gave it a look before moving a little further away from it. No more sparkles.
"If you needed help with your bibliography, you might have asked," he replied simply. "It really would not have been a trouble." Pride was a funny thing sometimes. Lack of admittance that one needed assistance was another.