[Whether Zelda is holding any kind of grudge for the butler showdown, she's not appearing to let it get in the way of her mission for today, speaking to the pair with the same prim formality as always. Jakob's suggestion earns a shrug.]

I believe it. [His ego might be easily bruised, but he's definitely skilled, she'll give him that.] If you think it might help, then by all means, do as you see fit.

[She's probably going to regret that blanket permission later, but for now it seems harmless enough. It's not as though she has any better ideas, anyway. She glances over to see Ain doing his Ain Thing, and... to her credit, she tries to hide the dubious look she gives the... fabric? before taking it as it's offered to her. Ain won't hurt her intentionally, she knows that much, so even if she's instinctively uncertain, she pushes past it to hold the voidcloth over her nose and mouth.]

Thank you, Ain. That is... certainly a useful ability to possess.

[Some time while all this is going on, a light scratching noise can begin to be heard coming from somewhere below the floorboards...]