Turning he titled his head to regard her with his warm brown eyes. She was a strange one for having been able to find him so easily in this mansion of a home. "Not particularly, but it's work." His true work kept him ever occupied. There were many times Amaury had imagined Riva was onto him, but then she'd have spoken up by now.

"Why do you ask?" There had to be a way to understand why this woman was so very strange, and why her energy had tasted so delicious. In fact, Amaury was under the impression that if he continued to feed from her it would be easy indeed to become addicted to the heady mixture of light and dark. Just the thought of it made his eyes darken, but he forced himself to take a deep breath and continued to set the glasses down without spilling a drop.

The young woman blushed a little and averted her eyes to the ground. Cateline wondered if this would help figure out her emotions for Riva, and why it was so easy for the other woman to make her blush. This man she'd just met could get her blushing just easily. But was he able to set her heart beating fast against her will?

"Good, we could meet at my bakery." The mention of alchemy made Cateline fall silent. It was disturbing to think of such experiments being performed upon anyone against their will. Such silence ensued as she stepped inside past Riva with a little smile that Cateline wondered at herself and her behavior. It was a little unusual after all.