Something has shifted, and Gaius knows it. But he lets Estinien do as he pleases before he draws him up to make sure their hair isn't too wet to sleep on, scrubbing down Estinien's hair most thoroughly, before he tucks him to the other too to sit before the heater and let that finish the drying the rest of the way.

"Never go to sleep with damp hair in Garlemald," he murmurs. "You'll regret it."