The question took him by surprise, especially since it came right out of the blue, however the most that he did do was raise a brow at the very blunt manner of speaking-- he was not quite prepared for it. However, it as a true fact that he would have to answer this question in the most old person way possible, because this was Essek and some of his speech patterns were archaic. "I am not inclined-- currently I am courting someone and I have no need nor desire for anything outside of that."

Though he did glance at the flowers. "They are different than the flowers that were there last time, and the effects then were forgetfulness so I suppose you can cross that off the list."