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When the girl's eyes shot to him, obviously probing for a reason to his amusement, he couldn't help but smile broadly. It gave him a slight sense of achievement to have received such a reaction from her, since she seemed like more of the guarded type. The thought passed through his mind that he probably looked ridiculous, grinning like a fool while she expressed her confusion. Yet he didn't regret it, the blush on her cheeks made it worth the embarrassment he promptly felt himself feeling. How out of character that embarrassment was! He hadn't felt this way since he was a little boy, his emotions easily manipulated like a puppet.

"Papillion.." He said slowly, letting the name roll across his tongue. It was an unusual name, but not in a bad way. It had a musical ring to it. "What a beautiful name, Papillion. And a Noondrim citizen too! How wonderful, It's an honor to make your acquaintance, my dear."

He let his cheery voice fall silent, realizing that he couldn't very well give out his name. Would she, a citizen of Noondrim, recognize him? He felt guilty that he could not as easily give out his name as she, it was quite possible she was thinking that he didn't trust her. But what of his middle name? Surely that at least had been kept to the family alone, there had to be some line of privacy. Yes, he would go with that. "Cayo." He finally said, his tone not giving any hint of his apprehension, "My name is Cayo Bessad, and as you have probably guessed I am also of Noondrim."

The Bessads were a small, unsocial couple that lived in the noble section of Noondrim. He knew them well- they used their social standing to weasel themselves into official meetings whenever they could, and they had tried to convince him to marry their niece more than once- and he hoped they had no objections to his using of their name. Well, even if they did there was nothing they could say now. He only hoped that Papillion did not know them, nor the fact that they had no relative named 'Cayo'.