[Yuan knows of the woman but doesn't know her. Still, it's good policy to be on good terms with the service staff, as much as he can. Since he is, more or less, one of them. He inclines his head with Zelos introduces them, trying for non-threatening and polite.]
He insisted.
[This is all Zelos's fault, is what he's getting at.]
...that's a very petty spirit. If I find it in the archives, perhaps I'll have to have a word with it.
[This is at least as much to test Grace as it is to tease Zelos. She might be the sort of servant who sympathizes; or she might be the sort who looks for anyone to be better than.]
no subject
He insisted.
[This is all Zelos's fault, is what he's getting at.]
...that's a very petty spirit. If I find it in the archives, perhaps I'll have to have a word with it.
[This is at least as much to test Grace as it is to tease Zelos. She might be the sort of servant who sympathizes; or she might be the sort who looks for anyone to be better than.]