He smirked. "She is your enemy the same way I am. I, however, am more than willing to make it more sporting to ensure one of us doesn't die TOO early from it. Likely me, for the moment. Her? No idea."<br/><br/>He had a hunch he knew who she worked for, if not who it was. Aurelia said she would be away for a while, and she hadn't let him know she was back yet. Being all mysterious and ethereal would certainly not be that hard for her. Or maybe it was one of her fellow mortal aspects of Bahamut. "And if anyone asks, you can say I bribed you to stay by offering to not fight you on the way back to the Winter Court with Amelia. That gives you a legitimate win, a reason to hang around, and keeps your credit high with the Court. And it puts a loss on my record, which is a good thing."