He had figured that Tyra was the eventual goal, but coming out so plainly meant either he was not used to being direct, or else he was trying to outrage Draiss with the offer before offering something else, equally outrageous but more sensible. "While I will hear your offer, I can already say that unless it is quite the bargain, I will not be interested. I am rather attached to my blue, and would be very distraught about losing her. Unless she decided that I was not up to her lofty standards?"<br/><br/>It was a gesture of trust, but he knew that she wouldn't leave, not with the hooks he had already put in her. But he knew that him offering to let her decide, as well as saying that he would personally deal with anyone that tried to forcibly remove her, would be quite the ego boost for her.