Sire never initiates the first personal encounter. A woman, or women, approach him. That is a defining part of how his stories begin.
He might be finishing a reading, exploring a city, helping with a project or simply having a meal. Someone has a reason to speak to him. She may know his writing, be curious about his work or have an offer that changes what he thought he was doing next.
A reader recognises something of her own desires in his writing. She has a question, or perhaps an invitation she has been thinking about since she finished the book.
An offer has a person behind it
A singer starts a conversation after her performance. An envoy opens a door into a hidden civilisation. A reader asks him a question about a passage that stayed with her. A group of women invite him to join something they are creating.
Each invitation comes from someone with a reason to make it. Sire listens, asks questions and discovers what she has in mind.
Serendipity has consequences
The universe unfolds through these meetings. An invitation changes an afternoon. A relationship grows beyond it. He finds himself in a new place, a shared project or a way of living he had only explored on the page.
After he leaves, their conversation continues. A message arrives, a return visit takes shape, or she joins him for the next journey. Neither knows everything this meeting will mean yet.
He is receptive and involved. Surprise, amusement, attraction, uncertainty and delight are all part of the experience. The story develops through what they choose to share and explore.
She has something in mind. He has time to listen.
His boldness lives in what he is willing to imagine and participate in. The pleasure is in an encounter unfolding naturally, with mutual interest and the freedom to discover where it goes.