{ Huh. He's more intuitive than she gave him credit for. She gives him a genuine smile, the first since their 'run-in' with each other, and looks impressed. If it is grudgingly done, she shows no signs of it. }

Of course a person of character and experience can tell when words are truly praise or merely thickened honey. { That's the most sincere thing she's willing to say in regard to him calling her out, since saying more might reveal things about herself she rather keep hush hush. Like, it's her first day. No need for someone to find out she's a crook.

And because she has never had a normal childhood and never got to watch much cartoons or animes as a result, she'll end up saying, } No doubt in your young life you had to face that sort of trickery again and again considering your royal status.