[If it keeps her from having to talk about her own in depth, then she is for it. That, and she is genuinely curious. The more she learns of their world, the more different it seems from their own. Filled with cultures that contrast with the ones that she knows. It is not something she would have cared about before coming here, but this world has changed her in many ways. That, and it's an interesting topic over a cup of tea.

At Alhaitham's answer, though, she cannot help but laugh quietly into her cup, the sound echoing off the sides of it before she drowns it in a sip. Her eyes are knowing, glinting with an amused mischief, as she glances at him over the rim of the cup.]

It is no wonder, then, that he and Cidolfus get along so well. It often makes he wonder how things might have gone had they met under different circumstances.