[Mayuko does not register the pause; there's some other partygoers coming up to the table for chocolate and her broad skirt is a bit of a block. She gives them a bright smile, assures them the chocolates are good and sidles to an open spot, gesturing Jason to follow. (By happenstance, still close enough for him to observe what's going on with the sweets and which partygoers is getting what).]

That's fair. It's not the smartest play to put something obviously charmed on your face. But I don't think he has, like, a vendetta to make it a... more harmful effect than anonymity. Did something happen at the last gala to give you suspicions?