The smile stayed, even when she held his hand longer than was considered appropriate for a first meeting. The quiet patience stayed under that smile, accepting everything for what it was, and waiting for her to respond.
When she gave her name - her true name - Leto nodded, his bright blue eyes staying on her expression. Yes, this was Baba Yaga. The nod carried over for the other question she asked. He was indeed different from most. It had always been a truth, but now, in this place, he felt that its truth magnified.
"Would you prefer I call you this?" he asked, his lips quirking gently at the corners. Given what he'd seen on the path behind her, he doubted it -- but it was kind to let her instruct him in this.
And how interesting it was that her path was not tied to this place until relatively recently. Just like his own, they had come from entirely different... planes of existence. That thought dampened his spirits some. In his own world, then, he feared that humanity must continue to run the course. The Golden Path was not yet closed to them -- but now he was not there. This troubled him.