She had, admittedly, grown complacent in listening to her surroundings. She had been so fascinated and enraptured by the surroundings, and by the small trinket, that she did not hear the familiar approach of dreaded footsteps. She ignored the pointed words, making a point to pass them to a secondary priority. She suppressed the urge to hide the trinket away like a child hiding a toy, instead choosing to continue inspecting it, trying to force herself back into that wondrous state of mind she was in mere seconds ago. It, of course, failed, and she was left with the burning feeling that it had been unceremoniously chased out of her as if Amisra had appeared with the sole intention of ruining it all.
She would do that, after all.
"It's a lovely gift." She responded to the short man, who offered a slight bow, one that Sai wordlessly repeated, depth and all. "It was a pleasure to meet you." She concluded to the smiling short man, who seemed to miss the growing tension that the appearance of the third elf caused. She turned then, her face shifting from its smile as the man could no longer see, speaking immediately in the elven tongue that was once private among them. "You will have to forgive me, I believed you would have retained company with the serpent. You seemed quite at home, after all." She ignored the offered question, instead stepping over to Gwaed as she still cradled the small idol.
"Gwaed, perhaps we should try some of the food here? ...With the approval of the Professor, of course, to see what they eat when it is not prepared for the higher courts."