Colon's eyes widen as the girl giggles. She actually giggles. What the heck? "Well of course I have a name, my mother have me the name Auriel when I was born and that's what I go by."
He nods. "I just wasn't sure... I don't know what to expect from all this, you know? I just didn't know..." He trails off to a quiet, barely there mutter.
Colon looks downwards, unable to mainatain his gaze any longer. For this, he is quite angry at himself. How is he to see any sighs of lies and falsehoods if he doesn't keep his gaze steady and fixed. The last thing he needs to do is to display weakness under this creature's - Auriel's - irritatingly steady gaze. He supposes that in a way he already did do so, which provides all the more reason not to display any more.
Just before Colon forces himself to look back up, Auriel speaks softly, and what she says amazes him. "Does my appearance frighten you? Perhaps this form may be more pleasing." And to his even greater amazement when he looks up, he does not see the chilling creature, but a normal girl with brown hair and eyes.
Taken aback, Colon practically falls out of his chair. "What...? How...? Why..?" He gazes at Auriel steadily, then sighs. "You know what, nevermind. I don't need to know."
Auriel meets his eyes steadily before speaking. "Do you also have a name? That's my first question for you. I am also aware that your situation is not preferable, but if it makes you feel any better I will do all I can to make sure you are released unharmed. That is a promise and may the gods punish me if I break that promise." Throughout this all, her eye contact is maintained.
Colon resists the urgue to snort at the question. Surely she already knows his name. They had probably been watching him for a while before they captured him, right? Like the town Vigilantes, right before they made an arrest. In that case, this is nothing more than a testing of his honesty.
"Colon," he answers in a hush. "And..." he mulls over her next statement. "Thank you. May the Keeper acknowledge your generosity." He feels dirty using the Keeper's name in such a falsehood, but he uses it anyway for emphasis.