"Authoritarian bitch. Ah," She sighed, without rancor, head tipping back to raise her eyes to the slate sky. Smiled a little. "Well. I'm grateful she's been willing to listen." And she sounded it, heavily.

His nudge made her smile, and she leaned towards it; lightly now, having seen how he rubbed at it, and looked up at him. "It's an offer I'll take; and if my hand shakes a little, I'll try to be in charming form otherwise. I... want to meet her, despite all my nerves. It's somehow easier to be brave when it's my life on the line and not my heart."