[ She thinks it would be hilarious to watch him try.

But she follows him into the house, taking in everything as they go and noting the others who have already arrived as well, nodding to a few familiar faces in greeting, although she continued to follow Sam into the kitchen for now. ]

Well of course. I wasn't here yet. [ She casts him a sly grin, as if it should be obvious that she made any party twice as fun just by showing up.

But his shuddered complaint gets a laugh from her as she moves to hop up and perch on a free slot of counter, far away from any of the food prep he'd clearly been immersed in. ]

I'd say I have it easier in Thorne, where we've got a castle full of servants to do it all for us instead, but I'm not sure the trade-off of everything else makes the free service worth it.