"I'll take your flattery, although I am curious how many years you think I have." Maxwell is more than interested to find out how their disguise is working. As much as they faltered there, that seems to have gone unnoticed. The change to their face was less about age and more about gender. Presenting less feminine might make them look older? So much to work through.

Maxwell has noticed they've moved through the crowd, but wasn't sure of where they were going. The flattery, while kind, did cause another question to percolate in their head. "You- really didn't think to consider who would enjoy wearing a mask so completely for this? How this level of showmanship would be embraced, or why?"

The flattery that they- that she, was in some way wise just felt weird. Because it just felt natural to investigate how she wore her mask as much as how everyone else did.