[And, yet, he has a greater idea than she knows. He hasn't addressed just why the Empire was after Lucis. He's not sure he's ready to do so yet.]

How is it that magical people keep their presence hidden? I can't see that anything they do would be foolproof. There are some incidents surely.

[He notices the way she seems to fuss with her own wrists and has to resist the temptation to stop her from doing so. She is a grown woman and he isn't entitled to take many liberties with her person.]

What sort of trouble have you seen? You mentioned a war from your home world. Is that part of it?

[She's not the type to casually mention something like that he's not likely to miss the threads that need to be connected.]