[ Shez huffs out a breath of amusement at the Long Suffering Sigh, and all the more so when it actually shifts into a smile, small and subtle as all things Byleth tend to be-- off the battlefield, that is. He's such an imposing presence in combat, maybe this is just how he balances it out...

The weirdness is part of the package, too, but that implication will still earn him a nudge of Shez's boot! ]

Yeah, I know that. [ Silly! ] Wouldn't promise to do anything I didn't want to. Besides, isn't that what we already do? Have each other's back? So don't go thinking for a second that's about to change.

[ And to get his point further across, he'll raise his closed fist and just hold it up in offer. C'mon, go for the fistbump! ]