[((___jade___))>]

Thayne nodded slightly, allowing himself to get somewhat distracted as he let his eyes wander towards the flowers. At least he had made the right choice in bringing her here. He decided to keep that filed in the back of his mind. Perhaps it would eventually come in handy.

"Hm?" Thayne looked a little confused as he was brought back more fully into reality by her apology. It took him a moment to go back and register what she had said previous to the apology. "O-oh, it's fine..." He smiled slightly, turning his eyes away again and biting his lip gently. His usual habits urged him not to reply to that any further, but he knew what would happen if he said nothing; another silence would come and he would have to come up with another question. He was going to be spending quite a bit of time with her now anyway. Atane would eventually figure out that he shared these views, so he might as well just tell her now.

"Ah, me too, actually..." It occurred to Thayne that it had been a few moments of quiet already and she might not realize what he was talking about. His pointed ears went red and his face flushed ever-so-slightly in embarrassment as he added to it. "A-as I hinted at before, the library is much more agreeable to me than a ballroom full of... frilly-clothed, feather-hatted, poofy-sleeved... whatevers." He stumbled over the sentence, searching for the appropriate wordings to fit the guests that he so disliked.