[ Aha, here we go, just what he's been waiting for —

Except no sooner does one of the pirates lunge towards him than do a couple of his companions hold him back, which is a massive disappointment, to say the least. He's missed tousling with pirates, they're brash and prone to the rowdiest of brawls, but now that he knows who Vaer is, he also can't provoke the crew without a trustworthy word getting back to Sumina. Such is life... ]

Tch. Told her so...

[ He mutters more to himself than to Vaer, but he doubts it's any secret to them that Sumina's main stumbling block to finding love was herself. Some might consider themselves lucky that she was still single when he met her, and he does, but also, even if she wasn't...

He'd have made her fall for him anyway. It'd just have been messier. ]

Fortunate for this lot I won her over first, or else we might have to fight to the death! [ With a winning smile, but also, he is dead serious. ] That's right. I'm her betrothed. Cat's out of the bag! Would've been fun to keep letting you hit on me, though.