He was already releasing him before the command, stepping back as he gave his opponent a salute with the rapier, before returning it to the owner. "I offer my thanks, for clearly I have been neglecting my preferred combat strategy too much. My thanks for the lesson. Mayhap next time, I will be the instructor."<br/><br/>He gave the Queen a bow, before putting his armor back one, using a quick spell to regain his wind, and made a note to resume his morning unarmed practices. The sporadic schedule he currently was using was clearly not enough. He did a breathing exercise, focusing himself to tame his inner fire, as this was not a place to let it grow to a rampage. Done with his clean up, he gave his Queen another bow, before circulating, using what he had seen before to begin figuring out who he could get in his debt, for later boons. He had a hunch he would need it, but first, he made a point of swinging by to exchange pleasantries with Elwyrr.