The request to be calmer and not bow is a surprise to him, and he doesn’t have time to go over what the problem could be before the conversation is moving on. He listens to everything patiently, nodding. “I’ll see what I can find for myself as well. In the meantime, lead the way.” It’d be better to get Skyfire out of the way first anyway, considering how large he is and the difficulty Tsukishima would have moving past him.

It’s while they’re in the process of doing that which gives him the time to think over the dragon’s request to him, and he soon makes the connection. “By the way.. I’m not nervous. You don’t have to worry about that.”