Vax inclined his head a bit, to show he was listening, though it took him a moment longer to sort out what to say. He thought he was beginning to understand that for Alcuin, it wasn't just the offer of a tumble in the hay, but something of great significance - beyond even the measure of coins and debts. He spoke of it like a cleric spoke of their worship, and he'd said as how it was religious in its way.

"I would've seen it as a precious offer no matter where you were from," he promised. "I still can't accept it, as things are." He'd already explained himself, and he knew Alcuin had heard him, so Vax didn't say the words over again. His heart ached a little to wonder what Keyleth would have made of all this. She probably would've laughed at his embarrassment of riches, with a smile brilliant as sunlight on a breeze, but only for knowing that he wasn't a man to stray at the crook of a finger. Not even from a very beautiful young man who had more reasons than most needed to be willing.

"I only acted as was needed in the order of things, when it was shown to me, Alcuin." He smiled a little, offsetting the seriousness of the words a bit. "But I'm glad it was for someone like you. And I may have need of your skills yet, someday." He said it without thinking it all the way through first - and then actually looked a bit sheepish. "Well, your, you know - the other skills, learning from people."