Lyra politely laced her arm into his, "Thank you..." She looked down a bit, "You aren't anything at all how the people in town say..." She turned a bit red, she just admitted that she'd been listening to idle gossip, "I'm very sorry...I used to be...A lady in town..." She sighed and looked up at him due to her being rather short to start with, "Please...don't look so stone faced...I...I meant nothing by it...Please forgive me?" Lyra felt dreadful.