Sylvia nodded and answered "I do. And it's an important message," She then pulled the medallion that Chief Arduo entrusted to her out from under her shirt, but kept the chain around her neck, and she told him, "Chief Arduo entrusted this to me. I believe this is supposed to get me in to see him and deliver the message," After letting him see the medallion and having a good look, she would tuck the medallion back under her shirt and out of view once more. 

She then added, "And...with all due respect to his seneschal, I'd rather wait until Duke Erod Blackbane returns and tell him myself. I'm someone who wants to be one hundred percent sure that he receives the message,"