Civy paused briefly and shot Miss Spy a quirky sort of look.

"Peut-être un verre de lait chaud?" he offered, countering her playful look.

Admittedly, withholding information was not always the best policy to carry, but the point stood - if the intel he received was simply speculation, and not taken with a grain of salt or two, how much of the responsibility would he then bear when it was wrong? Best to simply let the surprises be pleasant rather than costly.

"Je m'excuse, mais...vous ne semblez pas avoir manqué une grande beauté-sommeil," he added, a distinct lack of lilt to his voice this time.