Not at all, thank you for asking! I should be the one offering, especially as I've been here before already, but I didn't want to risk making things more complicated for you than they must already be. Since you're sure you're okay with coming to this side, though, then it should be okay, I think.

["Complicated", "side". She doesn't give the smaller girl the time to digest her somewhat ominous wording that may clash with her warm and friendly attitude, but will be happy to take the lead as Gray's expressed a good measure of certainty about sticking to the outer dark.]

My name is Ciel. The circumstances may be very strange and unusual, but it's still nice to meet you, Gray. That's quite the profession too, I never would've guessed! [Most people probably wouldn't, given how young the girl looks.] Is that why you feel like the dark suits you better, if you don't mind me asking?

[It does, however, make for a very nice icebreaker that also ties well into their current situation. Small blessings?]