[For a long few moments, Pavi says nothing. For someone who's just said they have no interest in riddles, the Marquis' wording seems ludicrously circumspect. As for beasts in fine clothing, well. When the Marquis had once said that Pavi's world was something he might have written about, those words stuck with him.]

Naturally, why would you write of this? I could not imagine a less worthy subject.