The tip of her tongue at least had the taste of wanting to correct herself, or explain what she'd meant instead of how it'd ended up sounding. There was a worried expression as if a cat was being let out of a bag, but he hadn't looked at her in any irregular way - she was relieved she hadn't sounded entirely dumb. And decided not to amend what she'd said.
Helene watched the other girl that'd come with a smile, especially as the boy answered her. She thought the girl was very pretty, but couldn't understand if either of them were playing a game, or being serious.
"Quite. Though, Orpheus showed the immenseness of his love for Eurydice without having to build a single thing -- even if he did, indeed, crawl into the pits of the ugliest parts of Hades.."
She paused, and added as if an afterthought. "My most important point in that love might be as impalpable as clouds, and more conspicuous than palaces.." her chin lowered to peek at her shoes. My! Weren't they looking scuffed..