The iron bars are often preferable.

"I dreamed once to become a hero." Zack's shirt is open at the collar; Lucrezia would be able to see the movement of throat as he talks. That her attentions might stray toward looking for vulnerabilities doesn't occur to him. He is enjoying the simplicity of a dance with a beautiful woman -- and he does look down at her with a smile. "Doesn't that sound a silly thing, said now? The dream of a child, maybe."