"How very gracious of you to say," he responds drily. She might have held back on being snippy, but that won't save her from Reynard's own sarcastic remarks.

At first he simply... stares at her, and then laughs, a few short noises of amusement. "What a high born you are! You know selflessness is good, but you're only capable at pretending at it! And how you pretend!" This time around the thought seems to amuse him far more than annoy him. He laughs some more and then sets his hands on his hips, shaking his head as his chuckling sputters out slowly. "At least you're recognising some of your illusions. That's something, I suppose."