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"[color=#cc00cc]The feeling is mutual.[/color]" Although a smile was impossible to behold with a mask in the way, the change it made to one's tone of voice was not. "[color=#cc00cc]Please, I assure you that the 'Noire' is for my colour of dress, not my attitude. The Great War, you see...[/color]" The humour left her voice, but she didn't offer any more details beyond that. Not many more details were really required. "[color=#cc00cc]Still, talking of the War when we're here! A world away and with such a... Wonderful abode waiting for us?[/color]" She had to try to make herself seem more sure of herself there- not much 'wonderful' here in the chill of the woods.

"[color=#cc00cc]Ahah, dedicated to the mystery I see! I will have to try harder to extract something from you![/color]" She paused for a moment, then drew out a tortoiseshell cigarette holder, politely holding the wider end out towards Violet. "[color=#cc00cc]Ah, but perhaps you'll excuse me if I extract something of much lesser value from you now? Would you spare this 'dame' a cigarette?[/color]" One could almost hear the inverted commas around the word 'dame.'