"I also want to get out quickly," said Duke Kleo pretending to be sad. "But what am I going to do? The door is jammed. Now I have to be stuck here all night. At least until the technicians from outside Wereal come and fix the door."
His eyes drifted to Lyra, who now looked snorted and annoyed by the situation.
"I think I should sleep here." Shrugging, he almost went to sit on the bed, wanting to lie down comfortably while waiting for her to come. And then they can sleep together in affection. Oh, so perfectly romantic!
But it can't be done just like that, because she was still insisting that he go out and sleep in his room. "Come help me to open this door one more time!"
"What?" he stared and seemed to snort. But because he didn't want to make her uncomfortable, he nodded. "Okay, let's go!"