What...what in Creation did Giriel want in this moment? She was scared, awestruck. Her immediate wish was to go back, to return to more familiar grounds. But could she ask for that? The General claimed any boon at all, but when someone said anything what they often meant was something they thought a person ought to ask for in this sort of situation and it was [i]far[/i] from anything. 

And was asking to return to their bodies thinking too small? Here was an opportunity to learn about a real threat. Those veils the General was holding had come from somewhere. Perhaps Peregrine was right, and she [i]should[/i] ask for instruction. That could prepare them for what was to come and the General would surely lose interest after a brief while, leaving them to make their own exit. 

Or was there some other request she ought to be making? Some boon of magic that would enable her to protect the flower kingdoms? Some lost secret or forgotten knowledge that would change the world? A chance to see the people she cared about, to speak with her grandfather who she missed dearly or to return to Cathak Agata triumphant and learn more about what those little teeth could do when the Red Wolf was in a good mood? 

No, of course not. Demons were dangerous. If you bared your heart, they might take it and twist it. Possibly even by accident. Even Peregrine was being a fool, the shine in her eyes betraying that she wanted to learn, wanted to study so badly. They would break her on that though it might take them a lifetime to do it. Giriel feared the reproach she would see in those eyes, for Peregrine was insatiable. 

"I would ask for knowledge, lord. Before you send us off to the Prince. Of..." What? Was she just doing what Peregrine wanted? No, Peregrine wanted tutelage, but Giriel wanted something more practical. Her mother had always said that for all the great rituals, the best magic was good food and a warm hearth. "...of the Prince and her plans. We have been away from the main front and do not know how we can best serve. Please tell us about her before we depart, of the forces we will support and of the magic she wields."