By resting his lance on the ground, Claire managed to avoid the distinct loss of dignity of crashing onto the dirt road. The severe morning jog was an excellent workout. It managed to juggle out nearly every single question or concern he had regarding the rag-tag band of wanderers that had manifested throughout the hours, and truly put his body at the edge of despair!<br/><br/>Still, for a blue-blood, Lord Devereaux sustained himself far longer than his own expectations. And for a blue-blood, Lord Devereaux is exceedingly uncouth or dense, as he took a seat right next to the leader he was sworn to protect not even a day ago. The silent visor quizzically regarded Alice's opening speech, as if unused to her brevity and lack of ... grace. On the other hand, the second pegasus knight carried herself with the demeanor of a soldier, but a very real aura of royalty. The latter of which, was explained with words so easily spoken they may as well gloss over.<br/><br/>Claire briefly thought that if he had not met Alice the day before, today the man would be stressing over rescuing the wrong girl. Black claws smothered Claire's red crest as he slouched in remembering that he had indeed seen His Lady's bare bottom like a bratty child. The distracting thought was cut short by something else he remembered, and Claire unclasped the fearsome visage of spiked crimson to reveal a young man with short-trimmed, blonde hair. Utterly different from the vengeful, bloodthirsty image the helmet seemed to evoke.<br/><br/>"Claire of House... Devereaux. Lovely to meet all of you. Thank you for your brave assistance, Miss Aurelia, Sir Edmund, Miss-- I'm sorry, I don't believe I have your name?"<br/><br/>His unassuming voice targeted the other knight, which had been darting about for hours just minutes earlier. All of them had done plenty of work in the name of Alice, and Claire was beginning to think that the girl had not appropriately thanked them. Like real royalty. It was more important to talk about where they had to go, but something just had to be settled before then.<br/><br/>"Also Miss Laplace, I don't think "thanks a lot" can suffice. I would have imagined you to praise them a bit more. It'd be rude not to."