Shit. He knew there was history there, but he forgot to take it into account. He's closer to Jack than Maud or Robin; of course he came first. Maybe he should've gone with the Lyric story after all.

"I doubt that. I barely see where I am with his lordship some days."

The title drips with irony, but that doesn't entirely hide his fondness, either. Not if someone is looking.

"Listen, you and I, and Robin and Maud and Violet, and Jack too, we all worked together on the Last Contract business. You can--" He hesitates, changes what he was going to say slightly. "I think I could make a truth spell work on me, if you cast it."