Erin
*Sirdan looked at her washing away the curry with the wine, scratching his head a bit - finding the action strange to say the least.* 

"I've heard they like to wash the taste of curry away with yogurt, or with something sweet and sour. Maybe you could try one of those drink." 

*Sirdan pointed at the menu and a drink that is surprisingly similar to Lassi, yogurt and water - with mango offered.* 

"Ah, a recent newcomer. My name.." *He paused for a bit,*"I'm Sirdan, a mercenary in the capital doing odd jobs here and there. How about you?"
Bridget
*Sirdan? Well, not like she'd remember it after dinner.*

*She thought for a moment on whether or not to give him an alias, but decided against it. Though normally she'd rather withhold this information from anyone, something mused to her that Sirdan could be confided in. After all, he joined her for food, kept her company; the least she could do was give her name.*

*Leaning in close, she spoke in a hush, cautious of any eavesdroppers.*

"Artoria Dax. Or Arthur, if you will. I'm wanted everywhere here, and I daresay that I'm a top public enemy. I burn things down for a living. I... Kill people." 

*She turned her gaze onto him as she finished, fixated on how he'd react. If need be, she was ready to leap into battle.*
James
*Sirdan introduced himself and waited for a moment. She leaned in close, just as Sirdan returned to his curry, popping in another mixture of yellow curry infused rice and lamb.* 

"A-" 

*Sirdan let out a noise as he opened his mouth, the curry popping into his, as Artoria leaned close for the answer. Suddenly, time froze in place, and he, like an idiot, sat there with his mouth open, the curry in eternal limbo for three seconds.* 

"Ah-" *He chomped down on the curry as he listened to, and heard of the word Artoria Dax. His perfect, practiced motion ended with him hearing the word. He choked, some of the spicy curry getting into the airway. Bad enough in normal circumstances, but the curry was spicy.* 

"Ugm. Heck. Sor-" *The elf dropped the spoon onto his plate, covered his mouth, and turned around, coughing vigorously for a few seconds. A patron or two turned their eyes, and then quickly returned to their table - just a normal day with another patron coughing.* 

*The legendary Artoria Dax, who probably was in New Sunlight at the same time as him, and was known to have taken down one of the knight sent after her. He has heard the name. But they've never met.* 

"...We've never met before, have we?" *The elf said, his eyes still choked full of tears from the coughing.*
Bridget
*Raising an eyebrow as the elf's jaw dropped, she continued to look at him intently. She took another bite of her dish - but was considerably more tentative - as she did, watching him let out numerous hacking coughs as he choked on his food. Taking another sip of wine, Artoria took a glance around the room for people looking their way. Sure enough, there were a couple patrons turning to see the commotion, but their eyes were quickly averted back to their table as she shot them a glare.*

*Judging by his astonishment, Artoria began to feel a little less on her guard. Had anyone out to kill her heard her statement - someone like Katherine or even Mevis - they'd be ready to spring into action the moment they heard her name. Sirdan, however, acted rather aversely to her expectations, in more than one way. Though she didn't expect the sudden coughing fit, his demeanor afterwards showed that he meant no harm.*

"I don't suppose we have." *She said rather coldly, letting Sirdan regain his composure before she spoke again.* "Well? Is this the part where you try and take me in now?"