She scowled at the wall, not turning to face him. "You should really be more polite, sarcasm isn't very gentlemanly." she retorted. She'd be ladylike when there was a gentleman around who deserved it. Though she got the feeling she should be a little more careful about her manners around Professor Lafay.

The owl droppings were coming off easier than she expected and she soon had a space about the size of her arm span cleared. Though that wasn't exactly saying much - she was little and her arm span wasn't that big.

She turned to look at Milton as he spoke again. Seriously, did he want to be here all night? Distracting her wasn't going to help. Oh... she thought very carefully for a second. "Yes." she said simply, turning back to the wall. "Because I missed." she added, resuming her cleaning.