[ Yeah, that was not... really it, if he had to be completely fair, and being put in a position to explain caused him to reconsider asking the question altogether. Lips slightly pursed, he led them for a while in silence before replying with an apologetic smile. ]

... N-nevermind. I'm not entirely sure where I meant to go with that.

[ The price of letting yourself become too caught up in a moment, perhaps? ]

From the look of things, it might be for the better to refrain from planning ahead too much. Soon, they might once again require your services in the military, and that comes first.

[ Before any whims of his, that is. Serious smol soldier mode, right on time to remind her what a charmer she happened to be dancing with. ]