[ so hopefully lockwood's necklace will be on lockwood's floor when he wakes and she hasn't lost a priceless family heirloom because she couldn't bear taking it off after the gala. small mercies. ]

Yes, I'm very rare and important and powerful, might have stopped listening after that. [ nothing she hasn't heard before! she's not as practised as lockwood in lying so the bitter pinch of her mouth and sharpness of her tongue aren't hard to read, nor is how tired she seems. ] I get the gist of it, I'm an asset, useful.

[ just like home except her mum won't get a pay off from this. ]