She looks back at him, her expression guileless, perhaps a touched confused over why he's peering at her so intently. "Only once, when she was asking a question in the Nexus. Oh, I guess technically twice because she walked me to my seat. It's from Viatorus that I've learned most about your family's traditions."

"Of course," she replies automatically. "But, um... it's not really his fault. The Nexus kind of does that to everybody. It's just weird like that."