At this point in the ordeal the musician was just glad to be leaving, having had more than his fill of hostile guards for the day. They were just doing their job and he was trying not to be resentful of them, but having them threaten to destroy his lute was pretty low; if you broke a guard's sword they couldn't work, it was the same way for a musician... Except their sword was an instrument. The Queen and her husband had been kind enough and with the Prince graciously agreeing to help him get home he wouldn't say the trip was all bad. "Your kingdom is very... Nice. I'm not used to so many armed men around, so forgive me if I'm a little on edge," the musician admitted sheepishly, "I think I will return someday though... After this has all settled down. Be fortunate my King isn't someone who tends to be hostile, anyone else would probably take action over this." Realizing that may be interpreted as a veiled threat the musician frowned, hugging his lute nervously as he glanced over at T'charrl. "Uh, please don't take that the wrong way! All I mean to say is His Majesty is a kind man, he'll show kindness even to his enemies. I think you will all like it there, for however long you plan on staying." 

Takeshi was glad to hear there was a nice king for a change, having had more than his fair share of crappy rulers lately. The Queen and the General weren't bad rulers, though the former made it hard to relax sometimes; outwardly kind leaders weren't something he saw very much of in their travels. Seeing as this was supposed to be their time off of all that war nonsense too it was even better that they would be going to places where they would get a warm welcome. Glancing over at Shu as he was being unusually quiet Takeshi frowned, noticing how out of it the little guy seemed. He wasn't doing anything outwardly to show he was tired, but you spend enough time with someone and you pick up on little mannerisms. The fact they were going on an adventure should have Shu bouncing around, yet he was almost dragging his feet by the looks of things. Was he worried about going in a vehicle again too? Figuring he'd try to help Takeshi reached over, smiling as he playfully ruffled his younger sibling's hair to rouse him. "Hey, how about you get on my back? I'll give you a ride the rest of the way," he offered, pointing to his back with his thumb, "And if you're going to fall asleep I'll wake you when we get there, okay?"