[ Ah-- now, that isn't the response she'd expected... and she finds herself faintly smiling. ]

Then my room it is.

[ Stepping out beside him, she offers her hands to him, lips parting into a wider, fonder smile. It somehow seemed comforting to her, to know that he would allow himself this sort of vulnerability every now and then. ]

I can take you there and go to fetch one of your gowns, if you'd like. Won't make much of a fuss that way.