He was...waving? She maintained her distance, but the voluminous wingspan lessened slightly. If he was a captain, he was a soldier. He might have been dispatched to slay her, so it was best to keep her guard up just a little longer, until she could determine his true motivations.

"...Hello," she ventured in return. She hesitated, unsure if she should give him her name. No one in Crystallis came from her world, so knowledge of a name alone would not be significant enough to one who didn't know the politics and nobility. There was no harm, then, in being honest.

"I will give you my name. But I ask that you keep this knowledge strictly to yourself, should any others from my world appear in this place. Will you guard this secret in earnest?"