[ And there is another tall lean man with long, long hair, lounging like only a dead powerful lord could, responding. It was an instinctive reaction to what was shown. The eyebrow over the one good eye rises. ]

Well. If you had paid attention to what we are told on arrival, you would at least know what to not expect. But that is too much for some.

[ ... not wrong, despite the insulting implication. And, as a Bystella, the mating part mostly has passed him by. He just thinks the question, or rather the expectation in it, unwise. ]

Beyond that, only time will tell.