Stephanie smiled warmly as she was questioned, ignoring the case completely. She'd placed it deliberately behind the podium so that it would be out of the line of sight of most men in the room. Paying no attention to the stares directed her way, she nodded in response to the man.<br/><br/>"I heard the food here is simply wonderful, and the company is just as pleasant. In fact..." she looked over the man's shoulder, fixing her eyes upon the only man not currently staring at her, "I was rather hoping to speak with him."