I'll admit, I've been better, [ He says, flatly. ] Let's get this out of the way before we proceed - I have absolutely no desire to have sex with you or to act as your social inferior in any way. This city's caste structure is absurd and arbitrary, and I intend to make as few concessions to it as possible. Any contract between us is more an unfortunately necessary formality rather than any real expectation that we carry on differently than before. Do you agree?

[ He doesn't imagine any of this will be an issue, given who he's talking to, but it doesn't hurt to lay all of this out before starting. ]