[ Sylvain just grins, because he can see that person behind him he's about to back into, so for Lorenz's own sake (of course) he reaches out to wind an arm about his waist again and pull him away before he can cause a bigger scene.

And instead of taking offense of that answer, he just laughs, because that's about what he'd expected. ]

See? I was right not to tell you, then. At least this way, you could enjoy it without your emotions getting in your way.