He's glad when she corrects herself before he does. He smiles, gentle and a little amused by her fluster.

"Ylva, that's why I'm asking you. I expected you might feel like this but, well, I'm planning to ask Valdis the same question and it's not fair to you if I don't ask how you'd feel about it. If she says yes then we might eventually do a big wedding thing. Just because she wants that doesn't mean you have to, though. I love you both no better or less than one another but we also have very different ways of living in love. So, like, is there some kind of token we could wear instead, to show that we're mates? I want whatever will make you happy. I want to be with you for all of my life."