[ Luckily, Valmont's too distracted by his own problems to pick up on the fact that France is finding him amusing. He wouldn't take kindly to that, mean-spirited or not. Though he might be pleased to know he's being compared to England. ]

Er.

[ He has to think about France's questions for a bit. What does he know that Raikov likes to do? Outside of the bedroom, anyway. ]

Well, he's a decent cook. And something of an artist as well. [ Which is Valmont's way of saying he's very good at both those things. ] I don't suppose you'd have an idea of the sort of thing someone like that could use?