Blinking at Kae's odd statement about working late, Lhurriel had to ponder the sentence before the meaning dawned on her. She managed to choke back a snort of laughter and only just managed a straight face.<br/><br/>"I'll be sure not to. Now... I just wanted to come down and see if there was anything else you wanted, before I went to work in the shop."<br/><br/>She felt<em>much</em>more comfortable in her mage's robes, fitted and tailored to fit her slim, petite body. Perhaps the feeling of soft cotton draped over her entire body eased her nervousness - though Lhurriel could vocally dismiss and outwit those who insulted her dignity by calling her ten kinds of trash unfit to walk the earth, she truly cared about making appearances. Not that she believed all these statements; they were mostly untrue and ridiculous, and none of the people who really mattered would believe them.<br/><br/><em>Even if they are untrue... there will always be somebody who will use any ammunition they can to tear down my reputation</em>, Lhurriel thought with a frown. As a mage on the King's Council, she had a high influence among several of its members, especially the artisans and Advisors who recognized her steady mind and sound logic; nobles who disliked that someone not of the First Class of the country often took rumors and such to the Advisors who disliked her, or strew false rumors about the Palace to turn others against her. It didn't work since Lhurriel (quite literally) went about the entire Palace doing her work; she saw everybody from the servants to the Palace students, to the knights and pages and various ambassadors and lords and ladies outside of the capital.<br/><br/>At least, with her clothing and boots swathed about her entire body, nobody could accuse her of using womanly wiles to get her way. If anything, Lhurriel was known as the Ice Princess among those who held a candle for her.<br/><br/><em>Still - it doesn't hurt!</em>Lhurriel smiled sweetly at Corsair, glad to help him out after he had gifted her with such a beautiful magicycle. "And if there're any special projects you want done with the crystals, I'll throw in my services in that area as well," she promised.