[a slight tilt of his head, though he has to reach out an arm as the movement sets him a little bit off his axis in the air.]

I don't know this Empire.

[Linneus has known many gentlemen - some not so gentle, but none of them prefaced with a 'the' - so chances are good he doesn't know this Gentleman, either.]

I'm not sure how these things work, but I shan't like to find out. I'm the only one waking from my world, for the time being - I admit, I haven't even dared check to see who else sleeps here.