[ If he wasn't grinning before, narrow escape from an oversized bee or not, he is all throughout from Jesper's proclamation about the Fey being his kind of people, said escape, and flashy as an identifier. The bee being put in its place - somewhat literally since it looks rather happy to be back investigating the hive, something he has a feeling won't last for long when it discovers the lack of what it'd stored. ]

I think we're all the better for it, considering bee stings probably aren't the kind of disguise they have in mind for us to wear to that masquerade coming up. Though maybe, in the spirit of keeping score or whatever it is that's going on behind the scenes, we'd also get some other points for originality if we managed to make it part of the costumes. That's probably another loophole in there.

[ Probably not, but now that they're a safe distance away from the bee, that's a chance for Claude to investigate the pellets he'd retrieved. Turning them over in the palm of his hand doesn't seem to reveal much except that they vaguely resemble honey as promised. ]

Huh. This is definitely the first time I can say I've ever used anything from a bee as currency. Wonder if it's really meant for that or this is more mischief. [ Not that he's complaining since that's entertaining if true, but only one way to find out as he looks back to Jesper with a raised eyebrow. ] Fancy a little shopping trip?