( Griffins, huh? Victor blinks when she asks who he is, caught off guard at his own poor manners. He laughs lightly, lifting a hand to run his fingers through the hair at the back of his head. )

Ah, I managed to not even introduce myself, how rude! My name's Victor Nikiforov, I'm a new employee here with the carnival. ( He smiles; not that it'd been intentional, but that's neither here nor there. ) A showman without a show for the time being. And you are?