[She suddenly pulls her mask down over her eyes and sips her wine, as if that would hide the flush in her cheeks. You can't just turn the statement around on her like that!?

But she does lift a brow at him, some curiosity in that arch. So he arrived in this world, and then not even a few months in had encountered Garuda... There's that pesky pang of guilt again. She hates it...

And instead, focuses on something else.]

That sounds much like the festival here. I admit, I do quite enjoy the food. Cidolfus and I tried something called "onion rings" for the first time. They were... rather interesting.