Nulli was awfully close to Mary's face as she spoke, their noses almost touching. There was a teasing smirk on her face, as well as mischief in her eyes. Mary, on the other hand, did not react at all. She looked Nulli directly in the eyes without so much as a single emotional fluctuation throughout.
Then, once Nulli had offered the drink, Mary kept her waiting for a good few seconds before answering.
"I noticed that you sniffed the Innkeeper when you arrived, and now you're pretty close to me too," said Mary with a neutral tone. "Is smelling each other some kind of greeting among the Nullith race?"
Many from the crowd observing the exchange nearly gasped, but managed to stop themselves on the account of the fact that they were Dao Lords. That did not, however, change the fact that they couldn't believe Mary would burn Nulli in such a way. Queen of War & Conquest indeed.
