[Darkleer listens patiently to the long ramble of a simile, and the more he hears, the more he relaxes, and by the time Summoner is done with it, there is a tentative smile on his face like he's not sure it should be there.]

I understand quite well, yes. There is no need to worry.

I suppose I'm just a bit... nervous. It can be difficult at times to find someone who is both interested in such things and.... trustworthy, as well.

[The wires in his schematics are slowly taking life of their own, twisting in the patterns from the more perverse image of before.]

It's part of the reason why I am not as... flirtatious as you, I suppose.