"I am equally unfamiliar with your clothing, so it's no intrusion." Besides, he'd had the civility to return her greeting before offering any questions, just as she'd been prepared with her own. Simple manners shouldn't be so rare, but she'd found they seemed to be. Still, he could at least play the part, and there were many uses an older man could have, especially to a young woman alone.

"These clothes are common among the royal family of the Fire Nation, which is my home."

Even with the metal attached to his arm, there was no danger in admitting to her title, even if indirectly. She could hold her own if he decided to attack her. But she wouldn't offer that threat. For now, they could at least play at social niceties, even if they might both be planning to kill each other.

"It seems most people here aren't familiar with my homeland. None of the merchants or innkeepers I've spoken to know of it, which makes it unlikely I arrived here in the course I thought I did. Where are you from? If I may ask."