Ariel let her hand fall away at the first hint of movement to Walker's arm. No need to continue to touch him if he wished to not be touched. She clasped her hands behind her back, with little else to do with them at that very moment. Her gaze shifted to Nikolai when he answered her question for Walker, and the smile was just as genuine when it widened that hair. "Thank you, Nikolai. Though I do not believe injury to have any sort of comic effect," she replied, using a gentle tone rather than a scolding one. 

That was saved for Walker, when her attention turned back to him at his retort to Nikolai's statement. "Please, make no threats around me." The tone may have been mildly reprimanding, but she kept her voice gentle anyways with a milder, though not fully disapproving, smile on her face. 

The smile completely disappeared with a blink when Walker changed topics mid-sentence and leaned closer to her. She kept as good an eye on his face as she could, which meant leaning back slightly to do so. "My face?" She had forgotten all about the bit of a scrape. It took touching it for the slight sting to return for that instant; she looked down to find a bit of tacky congealed blood on her finger tip. It hadn't seemed like it was that bad from the sting. "Oh, yes, I believe the tray may have scratched me, but it is not Adrian's fault." 

She looked back at Walker. "It is nothing, though. It will heal within the hour. What of your bump though? A good fall can do damage regardless of how minor you believe it to be. Would you please allow me to examine it?" She knew she would never get anywhere with Adrain if she tried to pester him into letting her examine his injuries, but sometimes she got lucky with Walker.