"Most people have found that it wasn't worth the trouble." She answered his question as if it was genuine, but her grin matched his and helped bring back the lighter tone of earlier. It was a true statement though, once she had an idea in her head it was hard to shake it or convince her that she was wrong.
Especially in the middle of a job. A little late by then, wasn't it?
Briar didn't dignify that with a response, content at the moment to mutter under her breath about compensating even as her fingers shaped the faster so it would fit around the stem of the flower. Her height wasn't always a sore spot, mostly only when standing next to people who dwarfed her so greatly. It was an asset for her job--old job?-- able to crawl into places and hide from prying eyes. "Naw, we're fine. Only person awake is deeper in the house than we are going."
"We are fastening one above the doorway. Loud and visible," Her face twisted, tongue sticking out the side of her mouth briefly as she got the fastener to just the right shape, "Then the rest we are putting in a vase on the table with a pretty ribbon. Nice and simple. No fuss no muss." She glanced up at him as if to see if he was going to bail, curiosity clear in her features.