Yes, to me that is catering to your audience. It also seems to overlap with coming back from your London trip with a British accent.

For her voice register change, where's the line or the gray area? It's a very personal human thing. I find her to be oriented around how she presents herself and how she is perceived. Then she uses her impressive talents to guide and manipulate.

I find her unnerving but also a great example of how the eyes are really part of the brain.

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Yeah. “The eyes are the window to the soul” is true.