He thought he had calculated the explosion to also not overreact from the magic in the area, but had misjudged how much effect it would have. He apologized to Whisper, before tossing his destroyed lance to the side, getting it out of the way. He gave the Queen a jaunty smile, before jumping off Whisper's back. He debated dealing with the running elk, but a couple of the neutral fae had already fielded it, and were trying to calm it. He made no move to approach and help Elwyrr, wary of people trying to claim he had cheated. He might have jokingly selected that as his motto, but he was not going to.