Jezin immediately noticed Lexine's nervousness when he asked the question. He listened when she gave up what information she could, but quietly wondered what exactly was keeping her from telling more. He understood her reasoning, though. Sometimes one's obligations had to be kept a secret for the sake of the objective. Regardless, whatever it was she was trying to do seemed to be in the best interest of someone, if not the population at large. The bodyguard nodded, pondering her reply. "I understand what you mean. I wouldn't have you compromise your mission for my sake." He pulled his helmet off, brushing the sweaty hair off of his face. The sunlight had been beating down fairly hard against his brightly polished armor. Though Lyok had been quite hot, it was also significantly more arid than Keilaudrin. He wasn't used to sweating so much. The bodyguard mentally checked off what he had learned about the woman. She was foreign, she was trying to follow someone, allegedly for their own good, and she was in the country under questionable circumstances. Still, she had a great many secrets to keep. "I imagine this man you're retaining is the Karl Leid you mentioned earlier?" He had put two and two together rather quickly, but hoped to learn a bit more about the nature of the woman's business here, if not anything more specific.

Sophia nodded when Gareth made his observation about the bird. "That's right, I wonder what it could be?" She watched as the combatants fought below them, hoping the bird wasn't a sign of something to come. The princess glanced over to Gareth, who seemed to have his eyes locked on Thomas. She could see the concern for the man in his eyes, and hoped somehow he could come out victorious. She noticed that the knight had removed his helm. Maybe her observation about the armor was true. It seemed to be more of a hindrance than anything. She folded her hands in her lap. "He doesn't seem very used to that heavy suit of armor." She thought Gareth had probably noticed the detail as well.