[Now, any other woman would've earned a swat across the face for that, no questions asked. No one, not even Setsuna, dared to speak to him this way, this boldly, this brusquely, and question his methods. And it does irritate him, at least a little, that Vietnam would not trust in him enough to let him go about his own work.

It irritates him, but he recognizes it's simply in her nature to look after him like this. So rather than reach out for violent purposes, he does so to ruffle her hair fondly, drawing her close without a second thought.]

I said I had a plan, did I not? That I would make the greatest, most glorious business Enrprise had ever seen.

[His hands slips to her cheek, tilts her head up by the chin.]

Why do you worry, then? Why do you not place faith in this King, to see his promises through?