[ The undercurrent of emotion does give him a sense, for once in his life, that he's rambling (but also, not enough to have stopped, so). It's confusing, since he's now quite certain he's saying nothing disagreeable, as they're all boring, rather mundane facts. It's a curiosity he's going to be unable to let go of, though he also has a feeling questioning it may not go well... But he'll get to that eventually. Jumping right into it makes him certain that it wouldn't. ]

Ah, well. My service comes at a very high price, so excellence in all things is something I seek to provide. If there is a skill I do not know, then I have always sought to learn it.

[ That part comes easily, since it's the perfectly and ill-fittingly business-oriented answer, considering what the cost of Sebastian's service actually entails. ]

But yes, I would. I believe technically speaking, I already am, though the Regent has not requested anything so formal as to be binding. [ much to his annoyance, actually ] My contract with the young master was always a temporary one. When it completed, I would naturally serve another, though this is not exactly how I had hoped our arrangement would end, mind you...