[That didn't mean it wasn't interesting in its own right. In some ways it reminded her of all of the gears and other machinery that existed in the inner workings of the story that control Gold Crown. Also, Edel doesn't seem to be particularly fazed by his size.]

Indeed? You must be quite accustomed to working with metal, then.

[She pauses uncertainly for a moment then.]

Do people introduce themselves at occasions such as this? There's the masks, of course, but I'm uncertain if they are truly intended to conceal our identities or if they're meant more as decoration.