"Mmm," hummed Auds, taking her seat in one of the big comfy leather armchairs. She kicked off her shoes, folded her feet under her, nodding a greeting to Eloise's portrait and then said in a very business-like manner, "Well, I hate to derail the smooth spinning, but I'm got a bit of... interesting news."
Not bad news, necessarily, but it had certainly thrown her for a loop. This hadn't been in their plan.