[As he stops to consider those words, something shifts in Art's expression and though he doesn't reach out and pull Stiles anywhere, he gives him a look like come here where there's less people to hear this shit if we're going to discuss it.
And if in the process, he can shift any attention from his own goals and purposes to the queen alone, well two birds with one stone.]
Most have operated under the assumption she is funding things herself. But if it's from the town, there would be an obligation to honor her that can't be refused. That could certainly deplete hunter activities regardless of anyone's efforts here.