Okay. She's actually kind of curious now. She's spent so much of her life studying magic that purely mundane skills like this are kind of beyond her. If nothing else, if this strange man actually knows anything that he can teach her, it'll be something that she can use in the future.

When he comes back, Diana actually listens attentively to what he has to say. She'd been dismissive of him before, but now that he's saying something potentially useful-- and, to be honest, something interesting-- he has her attention. "I see... surely it can't be any shiny rock, though? Are there any other identifying features?"

When he asks her for steel, she reaches behind her and hands him a small pocket knife. It's not hers, but she's been using it.