His head dropped for a second before he nodded, looking a little small and now slightly unsure of himself. But he'd already thrown it out there, might as well double down.

"Yeah, I do," he answered, voice confident as he turned and headed out the door. Just past the threshold, he glanced back and asked idly, almost as an after thought (though it was far from it), "How long you think Faolan's gonna be able to keep balancing that loyalty of his 'tween us and the Council?"