"Exactly. Chin up, now. We'll get you back to your sisters." Lulu had his weaknesses, and one of them was a pretty face making a long face.

When the selkie slowly nodded, the shorter man dipper into a bow and excused himself.

Once away, he turned to Maedhros. "Hopefully they shouldn't offer much of a fuss, so long as we don't go in guns blazing. But if they have to be shaken down a bit, I can handle something like that if at all you find such things distasteful. Some good cop, bad cop?"

Then, with a small grin: "...Buuut we could always switch. You've got the size advantage."