[That sounds about right and exactly what she was expecting, not that she disagreed with her in the slightest.]

You aren't wrong, though there's not much we can do about, unfortunately.

[Ah, she did grab that, good.]

I was. I can't say I did anything particularly special other than ending up lying through my teeth feasibly well enough to catch my maker's attention. I've... grown past that since and have better methods of dealing with people, but showing some skill seems to do the trick.

[She pauses for a moment, tilting her head to regard her a liiiittle closer.]

Or doing what you're doing and showing you aren't going to be a novice so easily kowtoed unlike a good chunk still standing here. What's your name?