[she's still getting the hang of this spell device; its an upgrade of sorts for her inactive earring of whispers, so not entirely unintuitive.]

If Astoria's one of the Fey, and I'm not entirely certain she's not, you can trust them to be untrustworthy. Or at least fair weather and flighty; we'll want to be ready in case her interest wanes. Also, it's important not to make any deals with them.

[a beat, then:]

Lady Vex'ahlia. Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone, Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt and slayer of the Frigid Doom.

And this is Trinket. [said, as the head of a very large brown bear pokes into view]