( fancy. he--takes a look around the booth, before he's sliding into it on the opposite end of william. facing him, with the menu down on the table between them. oliver glances to it while he listens to william, humming soft as he looks over the options. )

Monogamy isn't something I'm into regardless. ( so it's good william didn't expect to get it; even back home, he'd preferred more open ended relationships. the ability to find someone else he liked and pull them into what he already had. no need to restrict himself to only one person, right? ) I know how to play my part. I wasn't intending on, visibly, breaking any laws and causing problems that'd catch the guard's intention.

( purposeful wording. visibly. focusing on avoiding the guard itself, rather than avoiding individual people. he flips the menu over, to browse their dessert selection instead. when oliver said he wanted a parfait, he meant it. )

Work the system to do what you want it to, yeah? That's reasonable.