[ There's nothing to say to Sylvain's hat predicament that a fond smile can't say better than anything else about Hilda's antics. The same goes for the complaint about it supposedly being terrible - one he's voiced himself a few times, and had done so while putting this dress on - in what's also a familiar routine.

The rest of it, however? ]

How very coy of you. You know leaving that so open-ended is a dangerous move, don't you?

[ Look - that's not a tease. Or not completely one since there's still plenty of that in there, especially when when he puts on a mock frown following it. ]

I'm not so sure that saying your preferences don't involve something really counts as an answer, anyway.