I guess all you can try to do is be polite and keep your distance.

[It's not as if they have the option of being too far from one another, under their current circumstances.]

I...um. I was thinking about joining the guard. What did you have to do to get the job?

[Because she wants to do something to earn money and she's pretty sure that she never wants to stand around in a bikini and talk to people for money again, even if it paid 400 silver for a single day.]