<blockquote>Tybalt always asked, in his way: he did not order, although Bastiano would never have thought of refusing. It was most often a wordless thing, a gesture for Bastiano to remain kneeling after he had set aside Tybalt’s riding boots, a pointed look when Tybalt had spread himself out in a chair just so. If he had drunk too much wine at dinner, perhaps there might be an inarticulate request, clumsy and indirect: words had never been Tybalt’s skill, and sometimes Bastiano thought that he could only ask for this at all because he pretended not to. (some consent issues may apply due to social power differential)</blockquote>
