Good. [He'd be relieved, if only there wasn't so much danger involved. Now he just has to make sure she gets out safely during the ambush...] I'll make sure to keep one ear out just for you.

[In response to her peck, he reaches up and grazes the side of Leanne's cheek with his hand, under the guise of shifting some of her hair to better hide her pointed ears.]

Hey, I've been putting on fake smiles and pleasantries with beorc nobles for years. I've got this well in hand. [there's a fake smile now, aimed at a passing couple who had the audacity to eye the two laguz] Come to think of it; for your first time, you're not doing badly at all.