A few moments pass as they continue moving with the river - Ilde has a slight frown, like she's trying to figure something out in her head, and finally veers away from it entirely (asking whether or not it was the Militia is a little complicated with their respective vocabularies) and settles on: Face why?

It's a little simplistic, but she's trying to aim for things she's sure will make sense if Steph has trouble following; it's the costume she's trying to ask about.