[He admires her determination, which does bring a bit of a smile to his face. It's definitely a trait he likes to see and even admires in others.]

If you're part of a troupe, is it for the circus, dancing, or theatre? [At least those are the only times he's heard the word 'troupe' attributed to where he's from. Then again, what he's thinking and what she actually does are still going to be two different things...

...as for him...]

My crew, however, we're pirates. I'm the first mate of our ship. I guess you could say we're the lawless types, but at the end of the day, we're a family of misfits. [The way he talks about them is like they're his family, too.]