"Sidon!" Vette grinned and clapped her hands at the display, yes. She couldn't let such top-notch showing off go unrewarded, after all. "Not long at all. Long enough for me to grab an umbrella, mostly."

And to start picking at the corner of the bread, maybe. More a nervous fidget than any actual need to eat right then and there, mind.

"And how are you this morning, oh Ambassador Prince?"

Look, it had gotten a delightful reaction from him the first time she'd used it. She was keeping it, now.