He tensed slightly at the touch, but as there was no threat to it, he soon relaxed again and gave a brief nod.

He nodded... but did he believe the words? Not in a million life times. Inigo was a master of hiding his feelings. Most of the time they were ridiculous things he had blown up in his mind to seem bigger than they were. But the more he kept those things inside the bigger they became and the more obvious it was he was keeping things hidden.

"... I... I will try." Gerome finally sighed. It was all he could do. He felt the weight of the responsibility on his shoulders, being trusted to do this thing. Emotions and feelings were not something he was the best at dealing with... So he supposed if he messed this all up he could blame this small man for making him do it in the first place.