Hm, his accent was better than her's. Well, her's when speaking without prompting. Briar could parrot someone's accent back at them as long as she heard it first, but she didn't retain it unless she used it often like the one she used near constantly now.
Xavier had a nice laugh, open and full bodied. A bit of something in the back of her mind that felt a little like a conscious made a noise about her being a walking talking lie with this person who was so opposite. About not even being honest about where she was from even if she wasn't on a job.
Briar was good at squishing that voice. Who needs 'em.
"Yeah, you going to prove me wrong?" Her voice dropped with the teasing words as she led the way up the stairs. Her only two requests were an upstairs room with a window not facing a building and passed it off as a love of stargazing. Partially true. There were only a few rooms on this side, and she led the way towards the one on the far side and she watched his face to see if he was going to change his mind.