Desias stayed where he sat on his haunches for a few minutes longer, contemplating. After a while, he heard somepony alight near his position. He frowned, sighing as he got up and emerged from the shrubs. His shield bearer stood there, quietly scanning her surroundings. An incongruous title for a pegasus, he thought, but a traditional one for the squire of a Concordian knight. Ironic considering she was two years his elder.