His eyes, a warm brown and unwavering steady in his quiet self confidence, stay trained on her face as she answered. She wasn't lying and he sensed no hiding of something in it. That was good. Maybe he could trust her a little beyond what he already had, which admittedly wasn't much, but everything she'd said beforehand was a little more secure in his belief.

"Is that to suggest that there are folks that aren't, or only that you don't know everyone?"

An important distinction. He wasn't trying to suggest she was being catty or anything, she didn't strike him as the socially petty and vindictive type so far.