For all Gustave was just a man, and could freely admit that she was a sight to behold, he was more father than anything else in this moment, and that was what kept his resolve steady, even as he was pushed forward. "Yes," he replied, almost uselessly, as he stumbled toward her, taking her hand only to be dragged even closer. If he'd had the time, he could had studied the constellations twinkling across the fabric she was swathed in, some of the familiar and others entirely foreign, but that would be for another time, maybe, if he didn't trip over his words as easily as he was over his own two feet.

"Good," he replied, rushed, almost too relieved. "Great," came right after. Gustave was buying time because he hadn't actually thought that far ahead, only that he had been ready and willing to pay whatever price was demanded if it meant he could protect Maelle. "What would be a fair price for something like this? Because I would pay anything," right up to and including his life, though that went unsaid.

(( ooc : that makes sense! i'll definitely queue up a request for after the app cycle once it's done and i make sure they're all still willing to do the plot! thank you!! ))