Elenore of House Venturo (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1252046)<br/><br/>Elenore briefly wondered, at the addition of their elven guest, if bad luck was going to follow her in here.  However, she could appreciate a newcomer to the table even if they brought a little misfortune with them.  "I know you might be appreciating the work of the artisans, but as the help need to get back to work perhaps you'd rather have a seat and discuss what designs you've witnessed in your time?"<br/><br/>She paused only to take a breath, but no more.<br/><br/>"I've seen old Imperial works that would lend credibility to your claim.  Before, there had been more time to do work and work well, now, work must merely be done adequately as there is so much to do, it is a tragedy for the art of the craft, no?" She prepared herself for one of two outcomes: either having to  filibuster about some of the old designs she had seen in her studies of old lore or to hear the elf do the same.<br/><br/>Either way, it would spare the help from suffering permanent damage to dignity or possibly even their structures at the hands of the curious elf.