Lycoris smiled when he did not seem to be put out or offended but rather returned the jest. She knew some men could be particularly sensitive about being teased. She was glad Mister Echelon-Arnost did not seem the sort.

He confirmed who he was and Lycoris had been pleased to be right. Not that she had doubted it, she had a passing knowledge of the lawyers that were involved in the ongoing suit. She wished she could ask him what he thought about all of it and what he would do but she knew she could not.

"I am, thank you. The Adebayo's have really outdone themselves with this affair." And she had heard about his dealings with one of the Adebayo's which made her wonder if he was attending out of some sort of spite or melancholy.