Alyxander smiled a bit, but nodded curtly, still not giving away his ties with Reika. The slightly younger girl continued to look around, her uneasiness becoming more and more obvious; Alyx could sense it all too easily. Alyxander stepped down from his horse before carefully helping Reika down as well. "This is going well." He whispered, and Reika made a discrete nod. He led her into the tent where Kate was, having been pointed off in that direction. He gave a small, friendly smile to Kate as he entered, happy to see her after the long day of fighting he'd gone through. He was exhausted. Reika noticed the friendly air between the two, wondering what kind of bond they had.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"I will see to the girl."</span><br/><br/>Reika winced a little as Kate touched her arm, Alyxander stepping away. The boy gave her a gentle, small smile, trying to comfort her. 'You can trust her.' His expression spoke what he could not.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Please have a seat on the cot. Remove your armor and pour this over your wounds." </span><br/><br/>Alyxander took the bottle and walked off, leaving Reika to be led off by Kate.<span style="font-style: italic">"No harm will come to you."</span>'Or so I've been told.' She thought uneasily, but didn't struggle; if Alyx trusted this female, then so would she. Not that she had much choice.<span style="font-style: italic">"I am Mage Katherine we can do this easy, you fight me and I will have the soldiers hold you down. You can sit here and I will remove the bonds from your wrists and you can rest and have food."</span>Reika sat down on the edge of the cot, keeping her gaze diverted; she couldn't stand having to keep up her act, it was tiresome for her. In truth, she was absolutely terrified. Why was Katherine being so nice? Why had lord Lyons said that no harm would come to her? She was nothing more than a prisoner, or so she would have thought. 'They want answers from me, they want information. Once they get that, who knows what my fate will be.'