Very impressive for anyone, jerk. Still, she let it slide in the interests of comity. Unlike the player's other character, Val caught even the subtlest clues, and realized the danger was past, as long as she played her cards right.

"Thank you." With strangers, Val was generally at least superficially polite. Her mother had drilled it into her, and she herself regarded the slight investment in 'pleases' and 'thank yous' to be worth the dividends it paid. "Am I the first human you've met?"

That was pretty obviously the case, but she would let him lie if he wanted. It would tell her something about his character.