Lemm's scrutiny of them lasts a while. They might catch him tilting his head very slightly to one side just to adjust the angle of his view of them, as if some back edge of their wing might be concealing some thorn scratch or the like.
He shrugs. "You're hardly quarrelsome, but I'll be surprised if the lot of you never have a spat. That's just the way of it." (...Nothing. Satisfied, Lemm settles back into place with a sigh, largely unaware he was fussing to begin with.) He holds up a hand like he's making a pledge, and... smirks. "Greenhorn however is exempt, as they are incapable of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Scholar's intuition."
The anxiousness is definitely fading. Holding their hand helps. As does the talking, now that it's no longer full of his misgivings.
Still, maybe he'd be wrong not to pull the brakes a bit, here? Lemm gives this some consideration first, and then gives an uncertain hum.
"...I'd play my cards carefully with the Hollow Knight. I did, or I tried to. Lot of things seem to set them on edge, and I'm not silly enough to think all of it was my own blundering." A pause. Lemm shakes his head and sighs. "You know all this already."
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He shrugs. "You're hardly quarrelsome, but I'll be surprised if the lot of you never have a spat. That's just the way of it." (...Nothing. Satisfied, Lemm settles back into place with a sigh, largely unaware he was fussing to begin with.) He holds up a hand like he's making a pledge, and... smirks. "Greenhorn however is exempt, as they are incapable of any wrongdoing whatsoever. Scholar's intuition."
The anxiousness is definitely fading. Holding their hand helps. As does the talking, now that it's no longer full of his misgivings.
Still, maybe he'd be wrong not to pull the brakes a bit, here? Lemm gives this some consideration first, and then gives an uncertain hum.
"...I'd play my cards carefully with the Hollow Knight. I did, or I tried to. Lot of things seem to set them on edge, and I'm not silly enough to think all of it was my own blundering." A pause. Lemm shakes his head and sighs. "You know all this already."