[ Why not? There's no limit to his ego! Although, to be fair, it's pretty giant already. And her play seems to be working, so. ]

[ He laughs. This time it's a low chuckle rather than the sharp hyena-like laughter she might have heard earlier that day. Look, he's trying to be inoffensive to eardrums. ]

Heh, true. Never show something new to an audience without rehearsing it first.

[ He hasn't yet been subjected to the wrath of managers, and frankly he's not sure why they would mind, but hey, he can be a gentleman for five minutes and respect the lady's wish. He grins, looks around and starts steering them in between some trailers and tents where they should hopefully be able to lose most eyes on them and make it to the park. ]

Slipping away into the wild, huh. I can get behind that.