[Realisation comes over him quickly as he lifts the freshly-poured drink to his lips, pauses half-way to make his response.]

Oh. Hah. No, nothing like that. He has a Dominant whom he seems rather fond of, he doesn't need me hanging around, complicating things. But he's talking to me, and I'm happy to take what I can get.

['Happy'. But look, the truth is, he's glad if Asra is happy, even if he can't be the one to make him feel that way. He'll just pine. Quietly. From a distance.]