There was a thoughtful look upon Carolyn's face as she considered things and looked upon his face, seeming to regard what he said as something to think through before replying rather than giving an immediate answer. Still, it was not long before she had a faint smile crossing her lips, and nodded her head slightly in turn.<em><strong>"I can see the benefit of slipping in unnoticed and seeing how the teachers normally act, but that would make it a bit of a gamble. Better to go in openly and keep it all above the board so to speak. I doubt there's actual issues there, beyond possibly some overly strict or opinionated teachers, but those tend to happen in a variety of places and are rarely so bad as to cause an issue."</strong></em>She hummed and chuckled slightly.<br/><br/><em><strong>"I admit Tera seems capable, and my brother would probably heartily approve to hear you'd send me off to a job with him, or her, as my guardian for the task."</strong></em>She paused before looking up at him and then setting her arms to her hips while tilting her head slightly.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Another idea I considered, althoguh I am not sure if it is entirely viable, would have been to.. possibly 'replace' a servant at a household or another. I am pretty sure Alex could knock someone out and keep watch over them, while I took their form to investigate the house. Leaving the servant in their bed, healed up from the bump on their head earlier, there would be little evidence beyond the loss of memories from that evening."</strong></em>She looked down at her lap a bit guiltily at this.<em><strong>"I trust you will keep this quiet, but that is the original method one of the family's black sheep gathered a sizable amount of influence. It was necessary, to prevent our house from being crushed by an enemy trying to pull others along to have our house completely ostracized. We may not be proud of it, but there was no assassinations necessary, only information that was better off not seeing the light of day, for everyone's sake."</strong></em>She looked down at her lap, seemingly a bit nervous about how he would react to this.<br/><br/><em><strong>"My brother believes in being prepared and ready. He has a keen interest in magic, but he also knows of the shadows. Personally I prefer to be who you see, a healer, a light to 'her' shadow, and ... while nervous about new people, I like to think I can judge a person's heart pretty easily. Know whom I can speak to on things such as this. I wish to be of aid, even if it involved trickery. As it stands, House Wynt is Ascending in the court, and our house has finally been stabilized, no longer descending. We hope that through our actions we can raise our own position, but by the old laws that would also mean committing ourselves as valued allies. Which is why, for both your house and our house, I want to serve at your side, especially from what I've heard and read through Alex's messages."</strong></em>She smiled a bit awkward.<em><strong>"Your desires show you aren't trying to make yourself above your fellow men and women, your treatment of servants reflects this in a way this age probably very rarely sees, your approach to your allies... and we're not the only ones to see it."</strong></em><br/><br/>Having said this much, she fell quiet though, waiting and listening.