"Oh, I see, then-- thank you ma...."  the woman is off again, and Joli's voice trails to quiet again, "...madam..." she steels herself up and then catches Balfor's friendly smile.  Caught off-guard, she finds herself returning a bright, girlish grin before smoothing it to a more demure smile and an awkward averting of her eyes.  The conversation sounds positively exuberant, and the young woman finds herself torn as to which to follow.<br/><br/>It's in the sweep of her gaze from the Angry Mercenary Corner to Contemplative Merchant Alley that the girl's gaze locks on the tallest man she's ever seen.  Her eyes, naturally prominent, grow wider still as she stares at the man.  Disarmed by curiosity, she looks over at Lon, catching is friendly smile, and returns it-- though the gesture seems a bit more comical now that she's suitably amazed, and her amazement causes her to throw out the window some of her natural caution.  She mouths words silently, her blonde eyebrows furrowing in a gesture of theatrical awe, 'did you see that guy?'<br/><br/>She grins then, turning away and pretending to smooth her hair, suddenly more self-conscious than even moments before.<i>God, I hope I don't look like a panhandling choir-boy right now...</i>Busying herself with studying the grooves in the tabletop, she listens to the conversations as carefully as she can, though she can't decide which interests her more.