"I am the only one," he answered to her second question, conveniently ignoring the first. "There can be only one Jaega Guardian alive. It is tradition." He eyed her as his fingers continued to caress her tailbone. He gave her a slight smile, admiring her interest in understanding when by all rights he'd expected her to have left running by now.<br/><br/>Had he even really had a chance to tell her? Everything had happened so fast..he would have told her in time, when she'd become a little more acclimated. He reached down to touch her chin, tipping her face up to look straight at him. "I would have..but I did not want you to know so soon. To be ripped away from your home, to be sent off with a beast.." He shook his head slightly, showing understanding for any horror she must have at the idea.