"Thankyou sister" I say as Vivan kindly hands me the tankard.
She asks me about myself as I begin to sip and the recollection of my latest embarrassment dims.

"Well, when I met you I was just finishing my journey. I am on my way back to my new home. I hale from the Iceni lands, where my daughter is chieftainess, and I was recently called there from my new home, for the birth of my grand-daughter!"

Vivan looks a bit surprised, and I continue; "Aye, you may think I look a little young to be a crone, but tis true. But now I head back to my Caer on the Isle of Mysteries where I will be teaching girls from my lands the Old Ways."

With both of us finishing our mead, I head off to the bar to get us some more, "When I get back, Vivan dearest, you can tell me all about you!"
:)