It had been quite some time since she regarded the opposite sex as she did in that moment. He was not unpleasant to the eye, nor was he hard to speak to. Her dealings with men had been limited to Magnus and that only got her deep into trouble. "If you don't mind keeping someone like me company," she countered with a twinkle in her eye, deciding to at least be friendly. She needed to learn about the folk in town and their nuances before things would be revealed.

She shifted her carpetbag from the bench beside her, placing that at her feet. The cane nearly clattered to the ground but she seemed to be well practiced in the art of swiping that back up mid fall. It caused her to wheeze, however, as she was so easily winded as of late. She gave herself a moment to catch her breath, then seemed fine.