Shannon knew she had failed to sooth him. She wasn't good at charm she was better off being blunt. "Yes. I was testing to see if maybe the wings would go faery if I curbed the lust and attempted to be charming. Or maybe something equally as... I don't know." It was a good shovel to bury her failure. So she went with it.
"Was there any change? Perhaps a unicorn horn or something whimsical like that? Or was I too poor at it and it failed completely?"