"Noted. Yet if I can't do that for whatever reason, it's better to ask as a favour, to, like, pick up something I dropped or to escort me to the next car or to turn the page of a book I'm reading?" There's a hint of a quick mischief-making grin amongst the seriousness about to her. "I'll be sure to come up with a list of such."

She seriously will. This is life or death matters in her mind, and her psychic scent might/should tell how serious she's taking it no matter how her words come across as.

"As for the other thing..." she means what she asked. "Would..." a swallow. She's not a diplomat and if she asked before this talk, she doesn't recall. "Would that be a favour, Khardeen-dono? Unless I asked it before-?"