"Hm." He examines her from under his eyelashes. He has uncannily long, girlish eyelashes over his uncommonly beautiful eyes, and so the effect of the expression is a little disconcerting. A little uncomfortable. And yet what he says is a simple, straightforward offer - no way to mistake that.

"It sounds to me, then," he says, "that we should get you your knife. Did you come with it, or do you need a new one?"