Nikolai attempted to push off the corporal as he felt his head begin to enter her, trying to at least slow down the process to an extent. "Come on now darling, I doubt I taste good at all. Maybe we can talk about this sort of thing later, over lunch or something." Nikolai said with a tone that gave away little care, though deep down he knew he needed to save the empress. "I'm sure we could get better acquainted after the empress is safe."