Eve opened her mouth. Closed it. She was in absolutely no position to contest this, given that she'd been hoping for kind of the opposite.

"Well, you've got to figure the people who've been through it would know," she said instead, surveying the crowd. Her attention, too, was drawn to the kirin. They seemed... nice enough, and if their handler was encouraging petting, why not. Embrace the moment, even if that moment includes weird dragon horses. "I wouldn't say no to a little time passing, myself. Hey..."

This last is something murmured at the kirin, absently dropping in register as she offers a hand to sniff before petting.