[ The smile fades from his face as he watches The Knave perform her little trick. Such a disappearance might not have been his preferred method of 'disappearance' but he's realistic enough to know that words, no matter how sternly delivered, aren't always enough to turn someone off their chosen path.

With Arlecchino's magic trick performed and done, the little girl opens her eyes—and then boggles at the realization that the strange man really had disappeared—without a trace or a sound. There's an oooooh of awe and a roll forward onto the balls of her feet as she excitedly asks how it was done. Since he is just the assistant here, Wriothesley keeps his mouth shut.

Mostly. ]

A magician never reveals her secrets, right? Though maybe this one will be kind enough to tell you on the way back to your guardians.

[ They're going to be the suspicious looking ones if they loiter in this back alley any longer. ]