Eira couldn't help but feel a little relieved, if perhaps a tiny bit disappointed that even this didn't seem to give away just who she was. Perhaps it was better this way. At the very least, it was more interesting for the moment. She didn't know who he was, so it was okay, she thought, that he didn't know who she was. For now, they were just two people having a chat. In truth, she was happy to just be able to talk to a man as a woman, rather than as a queen talking with a potential suitor. There was less pressure, and it was easier to just be herself. Though, perhaps that was just as much because of the company as it was the fact that her identity was a secret.<br/><br/>She chuckled a little when he asked if it was strange for people to leave the main party and get some fresh air. Despite knowing that he likely knew the true reason that the guard had showed up, she let it go, instead choosing to go along with it. "Perhaps not. Perhaps it is who left that has them interested," she suggested with a casual shrug of her shoulders, as though it weren't a big deal either way. The statement was meant to imply that they were checking up on her, but she realized that it could also be taken as a suggestion that they were looking for him. She was curious to see which way he would take it. Why his responses interested her so much, she couldn't say, but he was a rather entertaining individual so far, so perhaps that was it?<br/><br/>He then brought the conversation back to where they had left off before they were interrupted. He didn't have an answer either, yet he stated with surprising confidence that it would work out, even if it was slow. Her eyes were focused on him as he spoke, rather than the scenery. After he had made this assertion, and admitted that he didn't want to see another war break out, she saw resolve in his expression. The reason, of course, was hard to tell, but whatever the reason, she couldn't help but smile a little.<br/><br/>"I wish I had an answer. But I don't need one to know that things will get better. Whether it is this or something else that sets that change in motion, I can't say," she paused, looking from him to the city below. "But I know that things will change. I will make sure that they do. And I know that everyone else feels the same way. No matter where they come from or what their status is, everyone wants things to get better. They might not know how to help, but they want to, and one day, we will find the spark we need," she stared out across the city, a resolved smile on her face.<br/><br/>"Sorry if I'm carrying on again," she chuckled a little. "I don't usually do that, just for the record," she admitted, although she wasn't entirely sure if she was saying that to assure him that she wasn't a chatterbox who would talk his ear off, or to let him know that she was enjoying his company enough to do so. Why she cared enough to explain at all was another question entirely. She had never found herself in such a situation before, so the answers escaped her, at least for the moment.<br/><br/>"I suppose that's one of the beauties about the masks, huh?" she spoke up after a moment, "You are free to be whoever you want to be--even if that just means actually being yourself--without worrying about what anyone will think about you later," she mused, leaning farther against the edge of the balcony, until her chin rested on her arms. "Of course, it appears that my mask didn't exactly fool many people. Except you, apparently," she tilted her head ever so slightly to look up at him, a small, somewhat enigmatic smile on her face before she returned her gaze to the scenery. "Not that I'm complaining. It's nice to, for once, just be a woman talking to a man, instead of the complicated mess it usually turns into," she smiled, this time it was something of a lonely smile.<br/><br/>"Anyways. I know it can't last forever, but it's nice, for however long it lasts, so..." she paused for a moment, glancing up at him with a small smile, "Thank you."