His lack of response, the quick set aside words; she would have scowled, but held it back. She was a employers as well as a employee. You did not give such thick praise, particularly not of someone so close to equal standing as oneself- and she knew, quite so, that she was of nearly equal standing to him, even if he would not agree.
Lifting the tea once more, she gave a tilted response to his little praise and swallowed slowly, again savoring the taste.
"Of course." Regular payments meant for a double-edge sword. Easier to depend on, and easier to be caught at... Though they were careful- meticulous- she worried little to the latter.
"If there were a bank in order..." She said with a flippant strain, annoyed at the lack of Gringotts, if not for the first time. "However, seeing as there is not-" She gave a sigh and ran a hand along her neck, brushing hair back from the skin. "Would this regularity of payment also include how I am to gift my work? Or are we separating those two instances?"