If he noticed her reluctance he didn't say anything, for he had but he wasn't sure what to make of it. It could have been uneasiness in spreading more gossip, or it could be that there was something she didn't want him to know. Either of these he knew he couldn't push the issue on, so he let her take point.
"Ella was definitely the friendly one," he admitted. For the most part, those who introduced themselves, or almost introduced, verged on rude but he let it slide. Lotte he made note of, for future reference. "What kind of name is Kiki?" he mused outloud. And then there was Vaughn. He dimly remembered the name, hadn't Rosalie asked him about her when he was a frog? "So she's the resident Wicked Witch, right?" He had seen mentions of her when he tried to go back at some of the older posts. Everyone scurried here and there whenever she was mentioned but for the life of him, he couldn't understand why. "What makes her so damn scary?" He saw that Rosalie's glass was nearing empty and he took the liberty of pouring more wine into it. She was enjoying it so it seemed the expected thing to do.