Kit smirked at the mention of Murray and Houdini, remaining tight-lipped on the fact that he predated both. He didn't want to derail the moment by revealing that he was a vampire who was, he suspected, around 140 years Mona's senior. Instead he inclined his head in a bow and revelled in the praise that she extended to him.
What he hadn't expected was for Mona to show him a trick of her own. He watched closely as she began to fiddle with her hair pin, his furrowed brow transforming into an expression of delighted surprise as she worked to eventually free herself from the cuffs.
"Well, well," he began, a sliver of impressed surprise in his tone. "It seems that Miss Mona has a set of secret skills of her own." Then, with a grin, he continued. "I'll teach you a few things on the condition that you tell me where you learned to do that."