"Luck is not such a bad thing to believe in should you choose to," she responded, pausing in her approach when he insisted that he would not disrupt her. There was little to worry about disrupting, but as he joined her, she reclaimed that step forward and returned to the railing, "after all, it does promote optimism." She stilled for a moment before she laughed. "Unless you choose to favor probability, but then you take your chances." It was a silly thing to say, perhaps, but after all the serious conversations she'd had in the last week alone she was happy to leave the tone light.
She glanced toward him, before turning her eyes back to those below her. "We were admiring the hive," she explained, offering him a graceful shrug. "I like watching them." She'd always enjoyed doing so. It was interesting and offered more insight into other individuals than they really knew. Of course, the lofty position as she indulged in watching them left others to make their own assumptions regarding her own personality. Two sides of the same coin, she supposed.
It would have been an effort to hide the amused smirk that spilled across her features at his inquiry. "That obvious?" She could call it whatever she wanted to, but hiding was what it boiled down to. Not many who moved through the courtyard below looked upward and those who did thankfully had no interest in her. "It was too early to retire for the evening. This seemed the better option, which so far has turned out to be the truth of the matter."