*He's easily embarrassed by Lilah- were she a man he'd have stood up for himself, given the lout something to think about, but his ingrained chivalry makes him very easily cowed by a woman. Still, he has to suppress a little flare of anger towards her, keeping his expression genial.*

I think I passed a courthouse that way. It was a large building with pillars anyway. *He gestures down one of the streets, flushing a little at his own uselessness.*

*He turns to Beauty with a slightly relieved smile.* You're too kind. I'm sorry but I've never met a princess in real life. Should I bow? *He really means it, and is trying ever so hard to be a true gentleman.*