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"Oh! You flinched? Sir Guard, that was never my intention!" says Alastrine, eyes wide open. "Just I'm aweful with cards and I just can't remember how they work or what to do with them. I was being nice to you, so I thought. Not nasty. That would be, oh, I don't know, petty, small minded, and I'd hate to be those things. So, you'd be doing something nice for me by not thinking I'm nasty, petty or small minded and that therefore I had to be serious in my complimenting you." She smiles. "I'm Alastrine and I'm very pleased to meet you. If you're allowed to tell me your name, and you're happy to do so, of course, then I'd like to know your name." She smiles again and bobs him a small curtsie.