I don't see why that's a problem—you already owe me.

[Gilles' lip curls. Ugh, it is getting rank down here. But he's enjoying their chat enough that he lingers.]

Now you're just being contrary. It's not as if you call your kings "Henry the no-longer-a-king-because-he's-dead." and "Charles previously-a-king-but-now-deceased". It's an ancestral title!

[He shakes his head and wags his finger.]

I think you'll find that the history books remember me as a baron, among other things.

[Gilles shrugs at the flatness in William's tone. He doesn't owe him any explanation.]

That's correct. I was still under orders when I came here. I'd tell you about it, but—no, wait, I'd never tell you about it under any circumstances.