Not missing a beat in either his actions and words nor her own. Slender hands placing a dash of this and a pinch of that in a little earthy bowl until a dark purple smoke suddenly erupted from it. " No. No. No." She sighed, head shaking at herself still half listening to him as he explained that he needed the skills of her own people to aid in the protection of the Princess 'Coming of Age' ball.

" Yes. Yes. I've solved that. Not my riddle but that." She nodded to him as he suddenly placed himself on her work bench, bright eyes narrowing slightly as a finger shot up to wag at his curious notions. Gently reaching out to take once fallen jar from his grasp. " Yes. They do. They all do. Everything does in our world." Her eyes shot back and forth from him to her work back to him, her sporadic thoughts clearly displayed across her pale features. " I say station my people's most talented listeners at all entry ways. The lot of them can hear and sense things a good distance."

She jumped between topics with a quick flick of a tail as she turned from her table, making her way towards another table only sparing an over the shoulder glance back at him to see if he would follow. " Also. With a listener place one of the lessers with them, unless it is a high traffic area. . . " She trailed off as she reached a shelf with a bunch of scrolls, shifting threw them until she found a map of the great hall where the ball would be held and placing it down on the table right next to it. " Let me show you what i mean." - Because lets face it she could be a hard woman to follow and she certainly knew it. " One here. Here and. . ." She pointed at each spot, not fully aware if he was close enough to see or not.