Polite Sariel is, unless she has a darn good reason not to be. "Thank you," she says, and she almost sounds a touch surprised. Pleased, but surprised. She does take that stool, too.

"I'm used to wearing carnival costumes at home, but we never really celebrated Halloween. I'm Sariel Rager," she adds. She leaves her rank off for now, and from the slightest of hesitations before she gives her name, it might be evident that she has.