[ What. Elda blinks. She's... she would not expect that. It's not like she's spoken all that much with this kid, trusts this kid, or much of anything else like that. He has literally no reason to offer, and he has never known anyone who would offer in the first place. So when he says no offense, she doesn't take any beyond it being a confirmation of her own internalized bias. That said, when he turns around to reverse that...
1/2
She is left speechless for just a moment.
But ... ]