"Oh!" he says brightly. Not to the Warden bit, Emmrich's wondering if there's a reason to her reminding him of that, if he's broken some heretofore unknown etiquette, but the other.

"I'm glad to meet another fellow Nevarran." There are several Nevarrans in Riftwatch, it seems, but she's the first to not know who he is. It takes some of the pressure off, quite frankly. To several he is Professor Volkarin. That's fine. More than fine. It's how he's defined himself for decades now. But to simply be Emmrich is surprisingly nice.

"Have you been gone from Nevarra for long?"