Well, then allow me to extend my offer of assistance to anything that you might require upon our return. Even if all I might do is carry messages or reports or even various items or other objects, consider me at your disposal. [ All he has ever wanted is to be near her, and to assist her with anything she might need, and that includes being her errand-runner if he must. ] I do indeed. I have heard of it, yes, but I imagine that hearing of it and experiencing it are two entirely different things.

[ At the prospect of visiting Costa del Sol upon the completion of the restoration project, Aymeric cannot help but break into a wide smile. ] Yes, of course! That would be a most fitting way to celebrate the completion of the restoration. We must do this, if the chance presents itself.

[ Little does he know that she has already resolved to do just that; there is no "might" about it.

As for the stirring up of passions, well, his passions have already been quite stirred and continue to be stirred as this moment goes on. Eventually, he finds himself satisfied with the attention he has given to her hair, and deciding to give himself a moment of gratification and, he hopes, further enjoyment for her, he begins to stroke first one ear, then the other, and switching back once more. ]