He'll gladly take that heart back and only be mildly unsettled by whatever magic it is wrapped in that seems to put it back in place.

There's irritation at the casual way he calls them T'Challa, Shuri. why they would let an outsider so close, he can't fathom.

"Of course I did. I thought she would be agreeable about an alliance." His jaw tightens briefly.

"The princess is... fierce. Determined. She is alive and well if you are worried."