The fact he was touching his lips did nothing to help as her gaze dropped again to follow the motion. There might even be a moment when her pupils dilated a touch.

"Studied?" Now that was interesting. "Why did you study those sort of things?"

Also, she was inclined to agree with him but wasn't going to reveal her hand quite yet that she knew anything about poisons or preferred a direct approach. But even she knew there were times when someone needed a subtle approach like poison where it was harder to find the fingerprints of who had slipped it to them.