She wondered a little bit, at his comment on their personalities. From what little she'd observed, they seemed a bit...different. But perhaps that's the benefit he saw. Lots of people with very different personalities managed to make things work somehow. Princess Amanda and her husband, it was said, were near opposites in every way, yet they forged an alliance. And Princess Amanda and Aunt Lysia too.

Even Ariadne's own parents had been as different as could be imagined. But they'd maintained quite a lot, under their watch.

Ariadne hesitated only slightly when he held out his hand. It was, probably, a little too soon after meeting someone to explain what it meant when Alastrians touched hands. Since arriving in Deerington, she'd only allowed three people to touch her hand, and with two of them, she'd been wearing gloves.

So she did as she always did with humanoids and reached out to clasp his wrist instead. "I only hope I can help," she said, bowing her head.