I try to be.

[He's not a good man, by any means... but he is frequently kind or at least nice. Part of it's habit, from when he used to try to be better than he was. And part of it is that it helps people from suspecting he's a criminal.

Anyway, he shakes his head.]

I'm fine. Everyone's been stripped of magic here and I've got a steady job and. Well. My fiance makes more than me anyway. So I can afford it.

[Technically they're not formally engaged, but that's only technicalities.]