[technically he isn't blushing!!]

Then I would be glad to spend the time with you.

[He shrugs, knowing that two is excessive. It didn't matter now. Mother's cottage was burned, and the castle is too large for one very Depressed Dhampir.]

I understand. I was... lucky. Not long after I was here, I met someone who stayed with me. Were I able, I'd ask you to stay with me.