What control he still had helped. It was a pathetically small matter, seeing Kaoru back off, but it was something. A little bone for someone used to far more power and influence, now with almost nothing.

"We'd need to focus on the natives, probably. I don't think many of our fellow outsiders would see the cause for the luxury." But it would be a good recruitment pitch.

He removed his top hand from Kaoru's, not willing to totally break contact and lose the point if warmth. He put his hand on Tamaki's shoulder for his attention. "How's that idea sound?"