[He knows her enough to recognize that it's not her usual in spite of the familiar color scheme, but he's spent so long being put in fancy outfits and seeing others subjected to the same that it's barely worth commenting on in his mind. The long ribbons might be a hazard, but it looks free enough to move in, and that's the important part.]

[He does wonder, however, what he might be stuck with.]

Okay, then color me slow on the uptake, because I haven't gotten around to figuring out whatever my soul gem is yet. I was too busy freaking out about... [He gestures around him.] Everything to really bother looking myself over.

[But on that topic...]

Look, do you want to catch up more later? If there's something else I need to know first then go ahead and tell me, but I need to figure the gem thing out and I could probably use an ablution besides. Maybe next time I can manage to smell halfway decent and have my issues more contained before we talk.