He nodded to the elf, and then gave Arixia a flat look. "Absolutely not. You are staying here until the Star Guard has gotten bored and left. I am rather fond of you for some reason, and would be VERY upset if you were captured and dragged back to the capital for whatever they do to outsiders. So you have to stay here, bored and without much to do, sorry, but I think it beats the other possible alternative."