Shiroihako:
"The Merchant."
That is all she says in answer. That is all she can say, the person is quite mysterious and their identity is a mystery to her.
"My turn again: has your daughter exhibited incidents similar to one told to me today or had problems with other children?"
She doubted that this was a one time thing. If Thorne's daughter was capable of that kind of thing, why only use it once? a child has little to no concept of restraint and skewed priorities of secrecy.