Disoriented as she was, Torie felt soothed by the gentleman's smile and the reassuring tone of his voice. As he took off his mask, Torie realized he was not as altogether unfamiliar to her as she had originally thought. She was unsure as to whether or not this made her feel better or worse— because she knew him to be related to Basil, a cousin perhaps, and there was no way that she would be able to hide herself away from the embarrassment forever. Torie had gotten all of the details on the extended Foxwood family as soon as her mother had found out about her... friendship with Basil (and Poppy, too!) and so at each subsequent party, a new family  member had been pointed out. Not to mention she was not oblivious to how handsome he was. He had also been very kind to her thus far, so hopefully he would not hold it against her! If only Basil were here to bail her out!

"Water would be lovely, Mr. Aldteron, thank you." She managed as she set up better, fingers pulling at the string holding her mask in place. "I just need to sit for a moment." Torie was usually pretty quick about gathering her wits about her, but she honestly could not remember fainting with such severity at any point in her life that had left her so dazed.  Having the mask off was helpful, her face still felt flushed from a mix of embarrassment and the excitement, but she pulled her fan from her dress pocket and gave herself a little waft.

"Thank you so much for your kindness and your gallantry, I'm not usually so easily flustered." Her head was still reeling a little and so she ran her hand over her face, pushing her hair from her face once more. Hopefully he did not think too poorly of her!