Gareth nodded to Thomas. "I'd rather not leave Sophia unaccompanied." His words sounded a little friendlier, and clearly Sophia would be less insecure about having Gareth and Jezin around than four Order knights. Four Order knights, not to mention, felt over-the-top to Harker. Sophia would be getting the dangerous criminal treatment rather than the foreign princess one. He took his seat in the chair in silence, allowing things to proceed. When Thomas excused him to leave, he declined, saying, "Ah, it will be fine... I have nowhere important to be."