[Dion Lesage does not snort — to do so would be most ungainly. If there's a rough exhalation from his nose as he goes to take another sip of his soup, and a tremble of his shoulders that very nearly spills some of his dinner, that is between him and Greagor herself.

But the smile he wears after? There's no denying that.]

I am ever grateful to be on your side, rather than opposed to you. You are truly a force to be reckoned with, Joshua Rosfield.

[He doesn't notice that his tone is absolutely dripping with warmth and fondness. If he did, he probably would have kept his mouth shut. Oh well.]