“Ah I see” A combination of concern and assurance moved across his aged face hearing those words. It filled his heart with dread to know there was another who possessed a body similar to his own and what made it worse was the fact that this individual she spoke of caused such a dark reaction. “No apology is necessary, you have done nothing to warrant such a thing” he replied reassuringly as she took her a seat next to him, patting her arm lightly in a paternal manner.
The wizard felt a deep compassion for the young woman after seeing that startled expression, he certainly did not want her to fear him nor feel guilty for acting in such a fashion. Softly he smiled at her, shifting himself a bit to face her from the side with his face peering out from a frame of snow-white tresses “I am called Gandalf…if I may be as bold my dear inquiry your name?”