[He stares at her for a moment, the disbelief clear across his face, because of all the things he was expecting her to say... that certainly wasn't it. It'd be one thing if he startled her by accident, sure, but considering he did it deliberately...]

... Is this a shake down? What sort of question is that?

[But... it IS true that he did veer a tiny bit overboard with his teasing just now, and from what he knew of Illya back in the Waking World... she was already kind of a wreck without the Dreamer stuff to add along with it. It's not like Amane particularly cared what she thought about him, but... the fact that those little actions of his back in the Waking World colored her opinion of him that much was sort of... touching, in an odd sort of way. Though if helping out was her only criteria for a nice person, then...

He leans back a little, giving Illya some (probably much needed) personal space as he hums under his breath in consideration.]

Weeeeell... if it's favors you want, I guess I can do you a solid and show you the ropes around here.

[He grins, almost in a leer, as his Sandglass knife materializes within his grasp, idly tapping the flat side of his clear, red sand filled blade against his cheek.]

You're a newbie, right? Lucky for you, I'm plenty experienced when it comes to this place, so I wouldn't mind helping you out just a little.

[This seems... more vaguely threatening than nice, Hanako, but okay--]