'Tavius felt his interest wane as the conversation dragged on but he didn't completely fade out because the Dunmer girl intrigued him so much. She was odd. He had decided that the moment she cut her finger on Gold-Hearts armor and there was really no other way to put it. Energetic perhaps, as she jumped from one topic to the next, speaking to several different people at once in the tavern.
And what walking stick? I read of no walking stick in your post.