Oh Mono, he's far more complicated than just being one thing or another thing. He smiles at the idea of being a guard ever having a chance of fully changing his nature. Sure, he'd been changing, softening even, but an excuse to return to the peace that the heights gave him...

He needed it. He just hoped his husband wouldn't be ashamed of his choice.

"The payment you can give me will be in learning," Nida answered, arms crossing sternly over his chest. "I'm not taking money from a kid. Whether you have it or not, I don't care. These are skills that are meant to be passed from master to student. But I am proud that you have a job."