Is it kindness? Almost comically, perhaps, Maleficent... isn't sure. She doesn't know. Acts of outright kindness have been very rare for her. She's chosen to show mercy in some situations where she very well could not have, but she is not certain that's the same as kindness.

This... she isn't sure, either. It's all very strange, very new for her. The only true experience she has with pleasing someone is Aurora, who is so very easy to please. Perhaps other human girls are the same. ...Assuming this girl is, in fact, human. Maleficent can not assume anything just yet.

But then the girl says she hopes she hasn't offended her, and Maleficent blinks, once again a bit taken aback. The young woman is very apologetic: perhaps she's simply extremely polite, but this too is something Maleficent isn't used to. "No," she says, after a moment. "There is no offense. Your words are... quite wise for someone so young."

Is she... giving the girl a compliment? She wouldn't claim as such, surely; it's simply a truth, as blunt as any Maleficent would give, even if something softer-edged this time. ...She has no idea how to hold a conversation.

But at least she understands introductions, though giving her own name is always a chance that she may be recognised: where she is from, her name has spread widely throughout the lands (like a curse). People are even afraid to speak it aloud, as though they may summon her. "I am Maleficent. I suppose it would be beneficial to keep the company of someone accustomed to this sort of thing." Her way of agreeing to stick with the young woman, and she gives a soft nod, eyes glittering through the holes of her own mask.

"....The name Chloe is associated with the earth," she adds after a moment. "It means growth, life. To bloom."

Is this... conversation??