[ Just as Alice contemplated a place to duck out and hide to in order to recollect herself, she stops abruptly in her tracks. It must have seen odd how she stands there for a moment, hesitant to respond to someone approaching her. A mild panic swept through Alice, who is always hesitant to venture too far from the town and her home she knows.

All because of how crazy she must seem. Fine, fine, everything is fine. She was able to compose herself. She manages to pull of a warm expression. ]

Oh, I'm sorry about that. It's the first time I've been to an event like this before. [ As odd as that would be for a Leithian. ] I wasn't expecting this large of a gathering, you see.