[With an appreciative ah, Val takes the booklet. He does not move to offer Ribbon in exchange.]

Rifter nonsense. Yes. Is there any other? And why? You do not trust me? Look how happy she is, mademoiselle.

[His arm lifts a little higher, so that Wysteria might admire from this short distance that she is at.]

For even if she is a fascinating magical construct of some sort and not a snake entire, she still possesses all of the hallmarks of a snake, and so her mood can be read. If you are unaware of how to read a snake's mood, then you must trust me when I say that she is very happy.