"I wish to be freed from the position and responsibilities of clan heir. It is likely not an unexpected proposition. I have a partner, and I'd like to be able to be with him."

He makes eye-contact.

And he keeps it.

It is not his usual tact-- straightforward requests like this aren't his style. But he knows if he tried to ease into it, it might show he was hesitant, and unsure, and his own mind might work against him and convince him it wasn't in his bests interests to come to such a decision.

Now it is out there, and he awaits, in silence, and maintained eye contact.