[ Balthier chuckles at the supporting role comment. ] I am clearly a leading man, but my partner seemed to think I was support. Maybe she was right.

[ Balthier twists the ring on his pinkie figure, fidgeting with the tea cup with his other hand. Coy and aloof is easy. Honest still isn't. ]

No, I'm just putting my foot in my dashing mouth. Forward is good. I quite like forward. And I'm finding I quite like you, truth be told. [ Scions he sounds like an awkward school boy. How do people do this earnestness business? ]