Alicia shook her head when Gwenog started explaining. This wasn’t why she had approached. She didn’t need or want an explanation for Gwenog’s reasons. But, she let her speak to keep this whole thing from derailing or drawing too much attention.
She did sigh, though, at the comment about biting. Still, there was the smallest smile on her lips, because as much as she kept her professional distance and discouraged flirtatious comments like this from the players, there was something rather familiar and slightly flattering about it. “Sure,” Alicia agreed, and walked alongside Gwenog out of the studio to a bench that was far enough away to ensure them their privacy.
“Look, you don’t owe me or anybody an explanation for why you do this,” she said and gestured to herself. “I’m a firm believer in keeping private lives, well, private. I’ve no interest, little less intention, of revealing your ‘secret’ and ruining my personal and professional integrity here.” She chuckled slightly self-deprecating before she added; “besides, helping people is what I do. My compulsion, if you will.”