[ She does slowly pull her hand free, but she doesn't turn from him, instead letting her attention flick across the tie in question. Almost absently, she'll reach up to adjust and loosen it just a touch, then catches herself with a start.

Breath stuttered, Vanessa clasps her hands together and steps back, her smile more curious than ever, yet for that there's more of a shadowed guard before her gaze. What sort of person would elicit such a response from her? Not a nobody. ]

You almost had me wondering over work during my precious free time. [ No, she hadn't much been thinking of work. ] Bring it by later on and I will treat it with tender care.

[ Excuse enough to see him again. Perhaps something will perk him up in the meantime. To that, she'll take another step back, but still facing him, with a head tilt. ]

For now, I am to solve a mystery. Do you like those?