[ Hey, that's terrible and he hates it. Or he would hate it, if he could hear the pun. But he doesn't, and so he continues to take her at face (mask) value. ]

Nine of you? That's quite a large group. [ SOUND SUSPICIOUS. ] And they're all 'adventurers' such as yourself?

[ The air quotes are basically audible. ]

Surely there must be specialties amongst you all.