Davin smiled widely, hinting at his white teeth. He had thought she was about to leave as she had claimed, already planning on how best to follow her, but her sudden change of mind had caught him off guard. Still, he found it charming. 

"Business, or lack thereof." He admitted with a sigh, a cup being placed down just before him not a moment later. He placed a half crown on the table, the attended sliding it into his hands with thanks. Davin sipped the wine, glad it was not [i]quite[/i] as bad as horse water, but it was not worth the money, he was certain of that. "I've only been here a season, but work is not hard to find here so I've decided to stay for awhile. It reminds me of home, actually." 

At further prompting, he would continue. "I come from Altara. Here in Tear the weather is the same, and the people look somewhat like my own people. I miss them. But the structure is so different, yes? The High Lords. Everyone seems to speak of them, as if they have eyes everywhere. Not so in Ebou Dar. Nobles are noble, but they do not congregate together and form groups to gossip and rule over the entirety of the land like they are Aes Sedai, scheming to dance us all on their strings." 

Truthfully, David had no inclination to think he was speaking to one from such a legendary group of women as that. He shrugged his shoulders, regarding her with earnest embarrassment. "My apologies, I don't mean to prattle on with my partiality, but I thought to myself, 'surely she is not a local. Perhaps she might understand.' But ignore me, what brings you to Tear, lady...?"