"You're welcome to come see it. I wouldn't mind an educated second opinion." Even if she didn't know much about clockwork, she was obviously of a scientific turn of mind. If not a Spark, then certainly a gifted amateur. The verdict was iffy on that. She didn't display any of the... unusual habits of most Sparks.
He smiled, gingerly taking one of the cakes. "Thank you." He had to quell another flash of paranoia. She obviously wasn't trying to poison him. It would have been much easier with the stimulant mixture, and he'd had his eyes on her hands the entire time she'd been handling them...