[He gets poked and can't help but blink owlishly at her again. She was full of surprises, but he's not surprised she's too kind for a place like this. He should have guessed honestly. But he can play along with her naive notions.

He was just too good at the games of the school to not find some pleasure in being cruel to the right people.]

Of course, always for a reason. I'm not cruel without intention. And I wouldn't call Black Court cruel, they are like any of the other courts, they are all cruel in their own ways, even silver...

[He pauses, pursing his lips in thought.]

Maybe don't go in the dungeons right now.