Gallus smiled. "I can think of a few peop-." He stopped to receive the kiss. He gave Ri'vashi a nod at her thanks.

With Ri'vashi laying back, Gallus lifted his knee until his foot was flat on the ground, but he didn't get up. He looked at Ri'vashi's face curiously as she asked her question and settled back to his seat. The corner of his mouth tightened and his eyes flicked across what Ri'vashi's bedroll cover hid. "If you're asking what everyone finds attractive about you, I can't answer that. But me?" Gallus breathed in through his nose and hummed in thought.

If he were honest to the point of cruelty, Gallus would convey that Ri'vashi's appearance wasn't physically attractive to him at all. She was a Khajiit. A huge Khajiit. Muscle-bound and intimidating. Gallus wondered how drunk he had to be to accept her previous advances, but then again, at that point of close physical intimacy, far fewer matters of appearance counted for anything. Even her size was just something to get used to. Gallus spent a moment wondering if he could guess at what Khajiits find attractive in one another, but he didn't want to lie to her.

By the time Gallus had an answer, he had his hand to his chin and was perhaps looking at her in uncomfortable ways. He dipped his head to one side. He spoke flatly, "Well, if you want an answer, I was attracted to you because you have big eyes, you're very endearing when you're out of your depth, and you're very passionate. That's the simple answer." Gallus looked to her face. "If you're thinking about your body, consider that I'm an Imperial who's about half your bulk and had never slept with a Khajiit larger than a Suthay-raht before you. Even with the Suthay-rahts, I was very inebriated." Gallus propped himself up to his knees and leaned forward to prod Ri'vashi on the forehead. He spoke at a low volume while pressing his finger to her head. "I think you're asking me the wrong questions."

Gallus' finger moved up behind Ri'vashi's ears and gave them a soft scratch. He had learned that she tended to perk them up as a reflex when he did that. It would be part of the expression Gallus wanted her to hold. "Give me a smile. Just a subtle one, like you've found out that someone's just given you a gift." Gallus smiled as well to encourage her. "Now repeat after me: I will open myself up to possibilities..."

There was a wait for Ri'vashi to speak the words.

Gallus continued. "I will smile like this when I meet someone new..." Another pause for Ri'vashi to recite. "Hey- keep that expression up, I didn't say you could change it...I will not be afraid of rejection...I will open myself up to possibilities." The repetition was clearly deliberate.

Still on his knees, Gallus sat up straight and extended his arms towards Ri'vashi's face. The smile did make her much more attractive. "And that's how you get yourself a mate. Well done for asking."