Caiaphas was not exactly a complete novice about formal fighting, having taken several different courses on fighting styles, so while that did give him a headstart on the footwork part, it was usually in the wrong direction. His personal style was a freely flowing one, intermixed with unarmed techniques, as well as things from other weapons that translated well. And while Elwyrr clearly outclassed him in a technical fight, Caiaphas revealed that he was damned difficult to pin down, contorting out of the way of strikes with the grace of a viper. His biggest problem was the rules of the formal fighting, and having to resist the inclination to lash out with his free hand, scoop up some dirt to fling, things of that nature. He was a streetfighter, where anything went.<br/><br/>He gave Erkling an equal nod, as he would any opponent that was equal or higher, and then gave the Queen her half bow. "My apologies about the delay, I was attempting to learn some of the fundamentals of formal fighting, and unfortunately my natural skill at brawling keeps getting in the way."<br/><br/>He paused, clearly gathering and allocating his thoughts, before providing a review of his mission from her, including his personal thoughts for the first time about the two families in general, and the girl specifically. He was charitable to the families, but did personally advise a couple lesser Summer Fae to the area to remind both families that they were under the Summer Court's protection, and their sufferance only went so far. The girl, however, he advised that she be not contacted at all by the Fae, as her attitude would have had them turning her into a doe for a year or ten, and learning how hard everyone else had it comparatively.<br/><br/>Finished with that, he went on to describe his personal incursion into the town, and idly added that their technology level was lower than back home, where they could safely engage anything up to a god with only minor issues, but it was clearly coming from a single source. If that source could be removed, either by killing them or physically forcing them to leave, then any possibility of them ever turning into a threat would be excised before it had a chance to spread, like cutting off a rotting branch from an otherwise healthy tree. He did add that they would still have the basis to go farther, meaning that the rot would still exist, but it wouldn't spread nearly as far or fast as it was now.