[ he blinks at that response, and glances down, trying to think of what he wants to say, before settling, ]

Well, the idea of the al-Asim heir doesn't matter here, right? And Rook told me I should try to embrace being a submissive to understand everything you have to deal with...

[ so, he did.

to varying degrees of success. ]

So, here, it doesn't matter what things are like back home. You don't need to worry about me at all!

[ he says it so cheerfully, certain this will free Jamil up. Maybe he'll even be happy! Kalim hopes he'll be happy... he just wants them to be equals... but he'd take their positions switching at the very least, if it would make Jamil happy. ]