Do you think I kiss every Grisha girl that's kind to me? It'd cause quite the scandal.

( oh, he'd never been completely celibate; he was a man, one with all the usual needs. but age had made him cautious, especially when serving kings as spiteful as the current one.

it was all too easy to lose everything due to a capricious whim. )

No, and I would not ask you to. Her need is far greater at the moment.