[Thace blinks, once. He'd never expected to speak to Princess Allura face to face like this, and he's not expecting to be thanked by her, either. Sometimes this place doesn't feel quite real, due to the odd things that happen here. The pressure his emotions are exerting doesn't disappear entirely, but it eases.
He returns her gesture, bowing his own head in response. He notices the flowers—these emotional effects still strike him as unusual sometimes. There's a faint nimbus or red light around his head. In spite of his less pleasant emotions, he's pleased by the acknowledgement, and by what seems to be confirmation that he was successful. He does like to be appreciated for his accomplishments, even though his verbal response is modest.]
There's no need to thank me. I should thank you for bringing us more hope than we've had in a long time.
[He still doesn't realize that Allura is unable to move away from him. He doesn't even know why she was hurrying in the first place. The fact of her identity had distracted him from such questions.]
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He returns her gesture, bowing his own head in response. He notices the flowers—these emotional effects still strike him as unusual sometimes. There's a faint nimbus or red light around his head. In spite of his less pleasant emotions, he's pleased by the acknowledgement, and by what seems to be confirmation that he was successful. He does like to be appreciated for his accomplishments, even though his verbal response is modest.]
There's no need to thank me. I should thank you for bringing us more hope than we've had in a long time.
[He still doesn't realize that Allura is unable to move away from him. He doesn't even know why she was hurrying in the first place. The fact of her identity had distracted him from such questions.]