Only his resolve to at least try being polite kept Alastor from rolling his eye as she gave his costume a cool appraisal. Clearly her mind was on anything but him and what he was doing and he thought to himself it was a good thing she was behaving this way with him, who was too honourable to take advantage of her inattention, and not one of the young lotharios running about.
"Guest," he said with a slight smirk, raising an eyebrow in challenge as he caught the shake of the head. "And you," he asked mildly. "Are you a guest or are you working?"