"I'm sorry I can't be there right now, so soon after it all. I have no words to describe how much I appreciate your blessing in my coming here."
Then he laughed a bit, shrugging.
"I'm good. It's so different being here now, knowing the dreams. I've been to Paris a few times but I see it with different eyes. And I nearly lost my composure at Versailles, but it was nice to show everything to Porthos. And for him to meet his very large European branch of the family."