Following her gaze our over the crowd, Alvin merely shrugged. "I have always enjoying getting to know people in smaller, more intimate settings." He had never really enjoyed large crowds or fairs or being jostled about between hoards of people around him. No, Alvin was far better at dinner parties, museum openings, small business meetings, things of that nature. There was less fighting for the attention of those around you in those smaller spaces.

Still, he knew that Sisse enjoyed these sorts of things and did not want her to think there was anything wrong with that. Everybody was different. "But I have never been at home in a crowd. I'm not great at competing for attention." Being the second oldest had its perks; he didn't necessarily want the attention either.