Betterment? You think this will make everything better? What's the point? If you didn't want this, you could have paired anyone else with me, or with someone else from the Order. What the hell are you saying?

[He's angry, fists clenched. If he had gotten an honest answer, maybe he wouldn't have complained, but hearing that his betrothed isn't even remotely desiring this flips a switch in him. He can't do this. He has to escape...

He immediately tries to bolt for one of the auditorium's windows. It's unlikely that he'll make it without being apprehended, but he has to try...]