The outer edges of his eyes creased just the slightest as he smiled, gaze meeting hers. It had been some time since he'd seen that face with any sort of clarity, but the close proximity certainly helped with that. Glasses and hairstyle aside, Grell was still as he remembered more than a century ago.

It had been almost too easy to set her off like so, but he found it to be rather endearing, the eccentricity and excitement behind her words - and then, how could he hesitate, given such permission! Hand carefully wrapping into locks of cascading sanguine, he pulled her in to close the distance between them. Briefly and affectionately, he nuzzled the tip of his nose to hers while breathing a chuckle between them.

"If you say so, fairest."

Not a moment later would he embrace those very lips with his own, to claim them in a kiss.