Swiftcurrent Creek i am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion

perhaps she should have put two-and-two together, that was not such a hard word to decipher. but she'd asked, so it didn't matter anymore. 

and aria caught the tone but, ah, so much was left to the imagination. she wondered if that meant he didn't like chusi, or if he simply didn't let her rank. but the pale dove didn't ask questions, knowing better than to be so nosey to such a stranger. 

she nodded, then, not asking what the word frau meant. "i suppose i have the time," she said, returning his look with a small smile, motioning for the man to lead the way. "would you tell me about yourself?" she asked him then, head tilting to one side.