She had only been forced to deal with the darkness of mortals until recently and they were easy to ignore or close off. The new gods were not so easy to ignore, to push away.
Her gaze finally lifted from her own glass when she noticed he was staring down into his. Pale eyes search his face and that dark brow ticks upwards again faintly. She wanted to sooth him, but the best way to do that, she felt was to ignore the situation entirely.
"Because we are both polite, thus avoiding subjects that should not be discussed when first meeting people. Religion, politics, past relationships, so all that is left are conversational items that we know will not offend one another."