While she'd been confused as to why she'd said that - because in truth, she found that there were people that listened to her, but perhaps it was something else that she'd meant to say... And she was even more confused by his response, so much so that she nearly dropped her wand. Which wouldn't have been very good to leave a burn mark in the beautiful carpet. Her expression softened, her lips parting in slight surprise.

She was about to respond, to perhaps offer an olive branch, but then he went and snapped at her, and her expression hardened again. The scowl was back, etched into her expression as she regarded him with immediate disdain at his sudden switch. "With this floor." She bit out, her voice hard as she brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes and went to stalk past him. "You needn't escort me, I can find my way back downstairs."

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