[ She didn't immediately shoot him down, so Garrot actually starts to blush a bit! ] S-so, uh... [ The grin turns meek, and he hardly seems like a seven-foot wall of a man. He takes out his phone, and shows a picture of two teenage tiefling boys. Twins. ]

My, uh, my boys are theater kids and they wanna learn about makeup. I don't know a damn thing, and my oldest is out at college so she can't help, and a real person is better than videos online. [ He nods gently, the meekness gaining some confidence. Sure, it sucks that he can't help his kids out with stuff like this, but that's what other people are for! ]

And my youngest... [ Then he switches the screen to show a photo of a young girl, dark skin and springy blond hair grinning ear to ear. There are a few pointy adult teeth amidst the nubby little baby ones. She looks a bit more like him than the tieflings, if only because her hair is pulled back into a similar ponytail. ] She wishes we looked more like each other [ The word makes him a bit uncomfortable to say, actually. ] so I figured I'd surprise her with a, uh... really cool birthday present?

[ And then he just looks at her expectantly, because that's kind of a lot and really weird but he would absolutely pay her to help his kids out. ] But n-n-no pressure! [ At this point, Garrot's blushing so hard that he regrets not learning how to do makeup on his own. ]