Lord Matou's declaration strikes him into dumbfounded silence at first, but when her Ladyship looks at him, his tongue unlocks. "I offer my humble apologies as well, as I know well that a Servant's duty is to obey," he says, his palms pressed together in front of his heart, "but to attack an opponent under the flag of truce -- my lord, think of the dishonor such a thing would bring you!"