Alana smiled as a blade was drawn, she knew she had struck a cord... but when the cord turned out to be a strangely beautiful melody, she was surprised... but showed little of her surprise on the outside. "Keeping this discrete between us is of course possible... but I'm certain you realize that every mother should know her own child. But that is your business... but then that does bring me the question..." she paused, and it became obvious she was deliberately steering the conversation away from the Trigger of her mother.<br/><br/><strong>"...if you're still available..."</strong>she gives a wicked smile at that.<br/><br/><strong>"Also of course, as I was about to ask, if you've seen anyone around this place acting different, even in the slightest bit, in the past week... strange requests, someone coming in early for work... that sort of thing."</strong>