<p>6:24 <em>And she went out and said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Baptist</em>- I suggested on :21 that the whole thing was a set up. They knew Herod made exaggerated offers when drunk, and so they waited for that moment and then pounced with the request for John's head as the next dinner dish. Her going to her mother was therefore just part of the act, rather than from genuine lack of awareness as to what to ask for.</p>