"What, is your... friend," he caught himself, dropping the word imaginary before he<em>really</em>screwed this up, "Shy around men?"  He walked over to her and looked where she was looking, trying to figure it out.  Finally, he turned to her, deciding to believe her about the invisible woman and start from scratch - "What were you doing when Drae... Drael? met you the first time?  Where you sitting here sunning?  Swimming?  Maybe she's worried that we're armed..." he said, taking the rapier, unfastening it from his belt and tossing it on the ground a few feet from him.<br/><br/>He turned back to her, "I can go hide if you think that would help, Valla," he offered one last time, turning and scanning the area for a place to stay out of sight but still be able to watch her, in case this Drael wasn't really her friend.  Turning back to her, he waited for her decision.