Bast's attention returns to the here and now with a smile for Whiplash, some part of her mind having noticed the courtesy of a bow returned. His request is reasonable, and quite accurate in how he phrased it, as far as she's concerned, though she has enough awareness of her own susceptibility to flattery that her smile turns wry as she nods. "I can do that," she replies, then finds herself shaking her head and laughing lightly at Frenzy's unabashed reference to their crash landing in the M'buna.<br/><br/>The energy bolts that penetrate their rather flimsy shelter, though, make her frown. "I'll need defense from that to be able to concentrate. If one were to hit me or even badly distract me while I'm casting... the results could be... unfortunate."