For all his finesse, Balthier can still be that earnest boy who walks straight into things he's set himself up for. That boy is very happy with the person his adult self chose to guard his heart.

"Thank you for letting me. I know you don't like to listen," he teases, but it's no effort to get him to follow, even if he pauses. "I'll be there in a minute. I need to get the cake." He grins and kisses David a brief goodbye, but it doesn't take him long to get things put away and cake and wine and cold water served on a tray for the bath he hears roaring upstairs.