Garviel waits until that exchange is over, and says, "Even if I am something of a puppy to you, I still wish to test my strength against the ideal. To face someone with honor and worth."

He looks her in the eyes, a mix of emotions, all of them fairly positive, in his own. He shifts, and briefly brings a fist to his chest, the old symbol of Unity. It is not as old as the Wolkenritter's iconography, but it is the most ancient show of respect that he knows.