He smiles a bit at her flirtation, but notices the emptiness behind it; she reminds him of someone he used to know back home. (A vampire, of course; she radiates less humanity than he's used to from mortals, and it's part of what keeps his interest.) He doesn't serious think of recruiting her - not on a first meeting, and not when things with Ilde are fraught anyway - but the fact he thinks of it at all is unusual for him. He hasn't recruited anyone since Daisy.

"The newspapers here, as everywhere, have their own agendas, but get in shouting distance of accuracy in my experience. I've been here a while; is there an event in particular you'd like another opinion about?" If not, he can pick, but if she chooses, he'll be curious to see which draws her first.

He likes that she's playing with him. It's been some time since anyone was both bold enough to try and smart enough to be effective at it.