( It doesn't go without notice and immediately, there's a twinge of regret. )

I'm sorry. ( It's an immediate apology and she looks down at her tea cup. ) I didn't mean to ask about anything sensitive.

Regardless... I'm sure everything will work out in the end. Y-you know what they say... the first step is sometimes the most difficult.

( Taking the first step, going to her first banquet, fighting her first battle, leaving her home against careful advice... Everything had sorted itself out in the end, right? And isn't that the case now? When she was lost and overwhelmed, she'd found a familiar face in the crowd. Granted, he didn't remember her but... Ah, perhaps they should introduce themselves. )

Ah... ( She sits up right, folding her hands in her lap, ) I'm Sakura. ( And she bows her head in proper greeting, ) I-I've been told I'm also to be called Konohanasakuyahime but... it's a little long, d-don't you think?

( She tried to lighten the mood. An attempt was made. )