Had Penelo realized the precise information that Edward was asking after, she would have had the good grace to blush. Assuming that he was only remarking on her being alone at that moment, she shook her head, displacing some of her unbound hair to fall around her shoulders. "Oh no, I have friends here with me, although they're off in the crowds. And my partner's here too, although I'm not really sure where he's gotten himself to. Trouble, no doubt. We got separated a while ago."

Just for good measure, she scanned the crowd, and on not finding the sky pirate anywhere, shrugged once. "Left behind again. I'm used to it. As long as Vaan's not getting himself thrown in a dungeon, he'll be fine. Would you care to tell me more about the musicians? I'm very interested."