[At first, she doesn't respond, lips parting slightly but then stilling. Her eyes avert for a moment, then come back to his - or his shades, anyway - and then,]
... Her Imperious Condescension is not a very nice woman.
[That's not a deflection, that's an answer. There are a lot of reasons she could ask about his well-being at the moment.]
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... Her Imperious Condescension is not a very nice woman.
[That's not a deflection, that's an answer. There are a lot of reasons she could ask about his well-being at the moment.]