"That's an interesting question, isn't it? The easy answer would be to restrict all speech; after all, you never know who might be hiding or how sharp their hearing is," Merilia made another exaggeratedly thoughtful pose, "And of [i]course[/i] the vampire doesn't know about this. Would she still have questions? Perhaps, or perhaps I would never have been able to persuade her to leave without costing the Roses a knight~"

Maybe the surprised expression at Fionn's request was genuine, "It makes little difference if you stay longer, [sub]headaches in the morning aside[/sub], but I would have thought most of you would rather return to your normal lives by now."