[It always makes her smirk shortly when she hears him echo back oh at her,]

Oh, I'm really not. If it was a competition, I'd have smoked you by now. [She originally want to be a Queen, after all! She still does, but Akechi makes it more complicated for her. She likes being on his same floor. Being close and able to harass him the same way she had messed with Daan. It's comforting. Being alone on a higher floor is cool for her ego, but she's not motivated by that half as much as her desire to be close to those she cares most about...

Damn Goro Akechi Event Horizon, at it again...]

Let's sneak off. I can tell the staff are watching us here. There's got to be somewhere we can ditch them.