[He's trying. Whether it's for her sake or his (or maybe both), he's trying to cope with... well, whatever it is that her presence seems to have brought up in him and help her anyway. The effort doesn't go unnoticed, and so, she smiles.]
Unpleasant though they may be, I should not wish to trouble you further, Nyx Ulric.
[She didn't want to impose anymore than she had to, and she already felt like she was going to be doing that quite a bit. He knew who she was, which was honestly more than she knew, and she wanted to know more—about the both of them.
(Maybe she shouldn't—she'd seen the notices, after all. But would it not be even more foolish to ignore the opportunity that literally stood right in front of her?)]
But if I'm not interrupting anything, then perhaps we might be able to speak somewhere a bit warmer?
Okay, she'll take what she can get. ♥
Unpleasant though they may be, I should not wish to trouble you further, Nyx Ulric.
[She didn't want to impose anymore than she had to, and she already felt like she was going to be doing that quite a bit. He knew who she was, which was honestly more than she knew, and she wanted to know more—about the both of them.
(Maybe she shouldn't—she'd seen the notices, after all. But would it not be even more foolish to ignore the opportunity that literally stood right in front of her?)]
But if I'm not interrupting anything, then perhaps we might be able to speak somewhere a bit warmer?