Aiden listened rather intently to her words, as she seemed to get more and more invested in the words she was saying, particularly the most ominous ones near the end of her little rambling session. Still, she didn't seem like one to just spill out her heart to a group of strangers, maybe just the alchemist in a private setting, but Aiden wasn't about to try and force that out of her. Instead, he simply smiled and tried to bring the atmosphere back up, speaking in a light voice after the room was filled with nothing but silence for those several awkward and tense seconds. "Fair enough." He smiled, finishing off his ale before he continued. "Uncovering secrets like these, discovering lost truths and ancient mysteries, that's the stuff that gets me to wake up and hit the roads in the morning. Needless to say I'm looking forward to this, prize money or not."