Seeing his offered hand ignored, it drops back to his side, the awkward smile becoming closer to actually being awkward, "Sorry about that." 

There is a long moment between them. Her, having a battle within. And him, quietly observing the strange, short girl infront of him. His breaths come even as he waits, each one marking the passage of time. Finally, his eyes flit back up to the sky. "...its gotten lighter."

Following his statement, he seems to keeping looking, looking beyond- to the constellations. With a frown, he looks back down. His gaze falls squarely on hers. " You lie well, but it doesn't seem to me as though you can hide anything else. Whatever it is, its not worth risking our lives while you contemplate. Let's just agree to trust each other, for now. If we move now, we can still make it...around when the sun comes up. Im sure, at that time, messengers will be sent out to let the people know what's happened." a brief pause and a more obvious grimace, "and who their new rulers are."