He was still a little hurt, not to mention he doesn't know her usual way of apologizing. There are quirks of hers not explained in the tomes and verbal recordings of other Bookman. Though he would rather not go to the Tower at all, much less exit it to be beheaded.

"Even a Bookman cannot be everywhere at once..." Those were decisions that she must come to on her own with Walsingham's guidance and those of her other advisers, those she still trusted anyway. "There are some things about my lady that are still lost to time."

Lavi is surprised by the hug, to be honest, their contact up until this point had been mere touches of hand to the other's or a sight ruffle of his hair. He slowly wraps his arm around her as well, sighing a little, "Majesty, you should be in bed."