"You're doing me a favor," Aibghalien said, not exactly protesting but certainly bemused, "why wouldn't I thank you?"

There's absolutely no doubt, the way he grins -- a loose and casual thing utterly at odds with his thus-far formal presentation -- that he agreed with her sentiment about sharing knowledge wholeheartedly. "Interesting name, if I may say so. It doesn't bear a linguistic resemblance to any language from the known lands I come from." But he bowed again, his smile a little playful. "But it's a lovely name, as befits the person it belongs to."