Lydia met the blue eyes behind the mask. "I see that we are proceeding from a false assumption." She didn't move from her place, nor did she show any emotion beyond the pleasant airheadedness that apparently everyone always assumed of her. "I will follow the law, as it has been related to me... although my request for clarification was, apparently, unacceptible to the authorities involved, is that correct?" She didn't move her eyes from the mask before her, but addressed Grosvenor, "And I will offer my apology for my flippant remark about past... affairs between you and this person. I will admit that it was out of line and I will accept my fault when it is uncalled for. So, my sincerest apologies to both of you."<br/><br/>Her eyes returned to the furious blue ones. "However.... I do not work for you, or the city itself. I work for a city noble who has hired me for a specific job. And, I will point out that we are not in the region of your authority... that makes your authority mute until such time as we enter said region... what is this thing you speak of? A democracy? I don't think that I've encountered it as of yet." She sighed softly, "Something else to put on the list of things to see, I suppose, but that is aside from the point. In this particular  moment, your authority and right to issue commands to anyone is... not... "valid."<br/><br/>The swashbuckler's features suddenly turned serious, even lethal. "Do not threaten me again. I'm not some nameless life that you can stomp on because you're feeling peevish or threatened. I prefer to avoid violence when I can, but more than one has found, to their cost, that such actions are ill-advised." Lydia didn't blink, didn't make a move at all, merely looked at the mask... and gave a command of her own. "Stand down."Lydia met the blue eyes of the mask, "I apologize for my comment. Obviously, I don't know you and I didn't mean to insult Gosveror." She was honest enough to admit wrong doing. "The point remains, we are not under your authority until we enter the city, so please stop trying to act as if we were."<br/><br/>She hopped down from the seat, offered another sweeping bow, and stepped away.