Her long swig was interrupted as a boy greeted him. A boy. ... A boy? She blinked and did a double-take, just to be sure. Nobody usually bothered to greet her, especially not a boy as good-looking as he was. Her heart rose a little, and she suddenly forgot about all that was troubling her. The black-haired girl had to calm herself down, but she couldn't help but give a faint smile out of appreciation. She just silently hoped that it wasn't the tear that brought him to her. 

[color=8493ca]"N-No, it's fine... H-Hey,"[/color] she audibly muttered while averting his gaze and tripping over her own words. She needed to calm down, but the man really had caught her off guard more than she expected. [color=8493ca]"Ah, I'm Erin. Nice to meet you,"[/color] she greeted and looked back at him with her sapphire eyes, finally starting to calm down. She was curious as to why he approached her, but didn't want to ask it outright as she might come across as rude. Instead, she opted for a more simple question to try and get some sort of conversation going. 

[color=8493ca]"So... are you new here, too?"[/color] she asked. If so, the two of them could have some common ground to stand on. If not, then maybe she could ask him to show her around a little. She mentally patted herself on the back for what she thought was exceptional social skills, snrk. Although, it might have worked a little [i]too[/i] well. If Saria knew that getting close to the boy would make him another target for the purists, she would have pushed him away in a nanosecond.