Her smile warmed just a little at the compliment as she idly straightened the edge of the scarf, then gave a short laugh in response to his words about the city. "Well, we've seen worse - the 1500s, for example. This place has to be better than that." It may have been optimism, but, well, it was something. Amanda was a realist, but you didn't survive 1200 years without keeping some sort of an upbeat personality.
Seeing a newspaper stand, she drew him towards it and tilted her head as she studied the paper. "Gotham. That sounds a little familiar." Dark eyes shifted to her companion for confirmation. "Have you heard that before? I'm pretty sure I have."