Gramen is not phased by Ryssa forwardly shaking his hand, and rather seems quite pleased.<br/><br/>"A pleasure Ryssa," he says, bending down and turning her hand as he shakes so that he can lightly kiss the knuckles of Ryssa's paw, "I hope this is a start of a wonderful friendship."<br/><br/>"I am afraid I will not speculate as to the cause of our town's recent tragedies. For the owner of a hall such as mine to speak of such ill tidings without true knowledge is to invite that bad luck into my home. Besides, it would set my patrons on edge, and that is certainly not the service I aim to provide."