Firefly Glen [BWH] chemically calm

I am Boreasz— and here he comes clean, holding himself accountable before this lady who carries herself with tact, as a highborn might... I am a landless man, born far from this place.

He does choose to then bow his head. It is not the full supplication of a man to his queen, for she is not that; however it would be the equivalent of taking a knee and paying homage, all the same.

Forgive the intrusion. He relaxes, but does not leave. It is possible he has read her attitude wrong — she is composed, confident, and unafraid, but that might be an act.