Alice had been so focused on her lessons that she hadn't noticed her Mistress enter the room. She started visibly, scrambling to her feet. She'd been found out, and before she'd managed to perfect it too! She thought about lying, but she'd never been much good at it.
"Oh, um, Miss Laura! I was practicing is all," the girl admitted, playing idly with a strand of her hair. "I was talking with Jenn, Master Mir's slave, and she does all these pretty, flowy, kneely poses. So I asked her to show me, and I wrote it down so I'd remember."