[The cheeky wink with the last sentence makes him smile because yeah, he thought so. Whoever Lockwood was, he was someone with some power and/or age behind him. He wasn't as unassuming as he thought the vampire to be or as much as he was pretending to be for whatever he was trying to get out of Kirk.

Definitely curious, but he chooses not to get upset about being tricked or even mention it, just giving that smile back.]

I rather see lands that are thriving because the wealth went back into the people and lands, not the fancy, ugly houses with no windows.

[He taps his drawing on the paper below his hand.]

Sometimes it's not about the ornamentation but the quality of the materials, yeah?