He simply raised an eyebrow at Meridia's reply, and was in the middle of composing a scathing retort to her when Aurelia interrupted him. He took a deep breath, before mentally writing Meridia out of his deployment list for a while. He was irritated with her, despite Sapphire's comment about her wanting to undo his poor initial image of her as nothing more than an impulsive, angry, snobby, spoiled teenager. The army wasn't a standing one, it was a conscripted one, and while their morale was on the upswing because of his presence, that wouldn't be that hard to turn around. Instead, he made a couple more comments, before he left to go ahead to the massive field that would be the main battleground. He would need as much time as he could get to prepare his presents for the trolls, and working would be better than stewing.