Alina shrank back slightly at Feuertanz' offer, looking away as she muttered "I-I'm fine, really..." An obvious lie, not that she realized it was so. The thoughts of home that surfaced had already silenced her, that combined with Feuertanz' comment on how visiting his family "could wait", only muddled her head further. A hand again returning to the pendant around her neck, she tried to calm her mind and return to as she was only a moment ago. Once again finding herself wishing for stronger nerves. It was a shimmer in the air around Feuertanz however, that managed to bring her eyes off the dirt and back onto him. Listening as he talked, she relaxed slightly, managing to suppress the confusion clouding her own mind. She briefly pondered if she'd ever be able to go a day, or even a few hours, without being scared, freaked out, confused or similar, when Erion took her attention.

As Alina heard Erion's confession. Her remaining internal confusion turned to a more general one. As his explanation continued, she tilted her head slightly. Poison, assassins, royal family, she had no clue what to make of it. Those being subjects she had hardly followed during training, she was left bewildered. And so only quietly responded with  "...W-What?"