<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/9/93/Sebastian_Bryce.jpg/395px-Sebastian_Bryce.jpg)</div><strong>Bryce</strong><br/><br/>It wasn't that Bryce particularly cared rather or not he called Scarlett 'Sultana' or not, for in truth it made little difference to him. In point of fact, during his very infrequent meetings with Her Majesty, he'd always address her by that title but for whatever reason the Captain didn't quite command the same level of deference for him. Partly it was because he, honestly, hadn't even the faintest idea where this 'Agroba' place was and wasn't entirely convinced that she hadn't made it up on the spot. Mostly, though, he just would rather not have that level of formality between them.<br/><br/>"If you insist," he says. "...though if you start calling me 'The Lord Hallworth,' I'm going to have to quit my employment."<br/><br/>It was said with good humor, though, Bryce having absolutely no intention of doing such. Probably.<br/><br/>...'Gears', by contrast, was the kind of title that didn't exactly annoy him so much as it twerked him a bit. He knew the Doctor had to know that, since he all but flinched whenever she called him that, but he hadn't ever actually formally protested to it. He didn't want to give her the satisfaction. Nor did he otherwise respond to her, simply glancing up at the retractable ceiling as it deployed. The little toys that the Sultana had installed in the<em>Fearless</em>never ceased to interest him. Even the relatively mundane ones such as this.<br/><br/>The nimble little cat-girl, on the contrast, didn't so much as raise an eyebrow of the young Engine-Master.<br/><br/>"Nimble little thing, isn't she?" he commented, lightly, not even taking his eyes off the mechanisms that deployed the ceilings as everything locked into place. "...Hmmmh.. You really have to let me take this apart and tinker with it at some point. I could probably increase the deployment speed with only modest redesigns. I doubt it'd reduce the reliability of the system much at all."