"Why thank you," Adham said, smiling to Shar, taking the goblet from her thin, oddly beautiful hand.  "I am far from comfortable here, and will probably remain so until this event is over," he continued, sipping the red liquid from the cup he quickly chilled.  Keeping his eyes on Aria, he pressed the conversation for reasons even unknown to him.  "Are you enjoying yourself, here?  Comfortable?  Have you heard of anything that I might need to watch for?" he asked, his cool, piercing blue eyes fixing on Shar's for a brief instance.<br/><br/>Adham knew any information she gave him would have to be taken with a grain of salt.  Shar's heritage was common knowledge, though as of late few took notice of it.  Goblins are not to be trusted, and because half of her blood was the same, the guard avoided any truly confidential conversations with her.  Yet, for a half-goblin, she was strangely beautiful, an exotic look which appealed to Adham a bit, and why, he never understood.  Taking another sip, he extended the chilled goblet to Shar, "It is much better when cooled a bit."