[Well, isn't that nice. His "bow", physical though it may not quite be, receives a "nod".]

I will admit to that, at least. My world was an interesting and vast... but it wasn't quite what I wanted from it. Not yet. I am sure it could have been, with time... and I was willing to wait.

But I was also not opposed to the concept of a new one that could be that from the very beginning. You see my dilemma... ?

[She smiles- and the impression of fangs comes with it. Not in a bad way, now... Just sharp.]

So I decided to go where I was wanted when I introduced myself only as a humble artist uninterested in a fight.

"Loyalty is earned" is often said, is it not?