Again, Elara fell silent as Cyne urged her not to discount the information he could provide to her, even if she could not use it like Caldwyn or his students might. "Hmm..." The vampire queen considered her charge for a long time in silence as the student returned for Cyne's beast and seemed to duck and dodge around him. She frowned down at the boy and tilted her head to the side. "What on earth is wrong with you? He's mortal, just as you are. He's magic-born, just as you are. Why do you act like he might bite you, yet brush up next to me as if I might protect you?" Elara demanded of the child with a frown who let out a startled squeak and dropped the reins briefly before he reclaimed them.<br/><br/>"Some of the others think he might be here as a spy to kill us all in our sleep, Your Majesty..." The boy admitted, looking askance at Cyne as if he might be the one to grow fangs and drain the child. The vampire queen on the other hand groaned and let out a long breath before squatting down to the boy's level. "Do you trust me? As your ruler and the final arbitrator of law in the kingdom?" The boy nodded slowly, not seeing what Elara was getting at. "Then trust me, when I tell you, that man there is the reason we are not either dead, or still burning at the King's orders. Or Ava's orders for that matter." The child stared at Elara's face for a minute then nodded and went on his way, stabling the strange quadrupeds Cyne and Elara had ridden to the ruined city.<br/><br/>She stood up and dusted her hands on. "Sorry, the little ones have heard nothing from horror stories of old magic and things probably. Don't take what he said seriously." Elara added apologetically to Cyne, folding her arm across her ribcage and studying him a moment longer. "I don't know if it's just the trip or the fact I know you better, but I still don't see why they would be afraid of you." She let her shoulders drop as if conceding some heavy defeat. "Alright, you win. I will sit and listen and attempt to be a good student when you explain how your magic works. I can't guarantee I will succeed but I will be attentive at least." She promised, that hint of a smirk on the corner of her lips tugging again.