[Maybe, but it'd do him no good to have a little chat with a god who can't hear his grievances about his own world.]

Why, thank you. I find it simpler that way. Better to not take the harder route sometimes.

[Oh. So that's what she means.] I suppose not. Kisses can be brief enough. Roped into this though I was, I'm rather inclined to go along with it if it ensures I can watch milord get a bit more than he bargained for. I'd bet my cookie cutter he was hoping to see the same out of me. He's quite particular about who gets close to him, though he has loosened up of late, but we do enjoy a bit of jest now and then.