Valdis smiled as kindly as she could manage, her eyes bright with amusement as he grinned sheepishly.

"I'm a very difficult woman to impress," she replied, "You'd do best to just be yourself and see where that gets you."

He was far too young, more like a puppy than a man, in an endearing way though. Yet she got the feeling he'd seen more than his years, though the existence of that feeling confused her. It must be something in his aura.

"You are lucky to have family with you, it will make the adjustment easier in some ways."