The Game. The longer that he's here, the more he's found out about the Game...and the less he likes it. The fact that the mages from her Circle seem to be keen on playing it gets his lips to press together in something that's not out and out disgust but is fairly close.

Fortunately, that particular look doesn't last long - because it seems that Christine doesn't care for it either, which is definitely a point in her favor. And then there's the mention of dancing, and parties she actually wants to go through, which gets him to grin briefly.

"Let me guess. Parties like this one, maybe? Although it doesn't look like you're dancing right now, which seems like a wee bit of a shame to me."