ᴛʜᴇ silence that fills the space between his defense of his own character and her
response to that defense is deafening, and it leaves him feeling slightly uneasy. The
way in which the pigtailed girl studies him all the while is partially to blame for that
feeling, or so he supposes — it’s almost as though she’s attempting to see through
him, or perhaps, she’s managed to see through him. Through the guise he’d worn,
the explanation he provided when the false accusations went flying. His intentions
were pure, that much was true. However, whether or not his words, be they the ones
he spoke or the ones he would no-doubt speak later on to further protect his pride,
would be enough to convince her of that was debatable.
ᴀɴᴅ, at this particular moment, the best course of action seemed to be dropping the
subject altogether; perhaps to change it to something of more substance. A subject
that would not take a lens to his character, in an attempt to analyze him. Clearing his
throat, the noble speaks once more. "ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ, then; seeing as how you’ve agreed,
perhaps you’d care to tell me where you’ve come from? Are you, perchance,
stranded — have you lost your way?” Given all the winding roads and towns in
the area, it was not uncommon for one to end up in the wrong place. Especially
when they were not overly familiar with the area.
█{{✰}}██ ”…“ How to answer that is her main question, her home is nothing like this place and there was nothing else she can do to remotely give answers to that. For now she would drop her earlier thoughts and decide to figure out what exactly she should do at this point. He would desire something of a response this time as much as this isn’t her strong point, so she would try to give him what he desired of it. ”… hard to explain.“ Would that do? She hoped so, given she didn’t feel like going through a long explanation of why she didn’t speak well of her home much less anything about it. He may have had better ideas in mind than attempting to gain her fancy through honey eyed words or whatever he desired in any case. That’s nothing too different she supposed since there might be some who would try, as much as it would fly over her head.
She didn’t lose her way, nor was she certain if she was stranded there, but she would figure it out given time. Foreign areas were not her strong point either, this place especially is not up there on the whole… being known list. It wasn’t like she could just tell him that she was a being from a different world or anyone from here at this point, she’d rather not see the end result of this little decision she wouldn’t make. Not everyone would be accepting of her just running about with knowledge of her differences and everything coming straight to mind for them. A bridge she would cross later on, knowing it’s for the best to wait until she’s certain she may be able to trust them.