"You do something bad...? That'd be like father doing something good, so no." Takeshi replied, smiling slightly. "And I don't always do bad things. Hell, I don't know what I do half the time, they just hit me!" Even if he scarcely said anything he'd get smacked, usually courtesy of Yumi. It could just be her too, he wasn't sure. The prospect of a Queen who smacked even her own son though made him nervous, as he sure as sin wasn't going to hit back or mouth off to someone that important. 

Garesh smiled at Shu kindly, nodding his head just outside the throne room. "It's perfectly fine. Just so long as you understand that he won't be given the same welcome you were initially we won't have any problems." Once they had entered the room the General called for his wife's attention, moving to the side of the aisle to leave the boys in view. "Remember your manners boys, and I can almost guarantee you'll be fine."

Eslaria gave Shu a funny look for a moment, hearing him out before sighing impatiently. "Young man, we have plenty of information about what's going on, you'll have to be more specific than that." It wasn't as if they were clueless to the situation at hand. Really the only thing they were lacking was the identity of the one they wanted, that was it. Once they found that out though they ought to be able to bring this mess to a close. "And someone wants me dead because I'm in their way, obviously," the Queen explained, hardly sounding at all discomforted by the topic. "They think if I'm killed they can do the same to my people. That's not going to happen though."

"Uh... Your Majesty?" Eyeing the Queen uncertainly Takeshi flinched slightly as she turned to look at him. So this is how Shu felt, being rather nervous while under scrutiny. "We were hoping you might have someone in the city to help us... An informant of sorts," he explained, smiling nervously. "If we can ask them about who is supporting the war we can narrow our search down, and finding this 'corrupt' one will be easier."

"So you came down to ask me to reveal an informant to you...?" Eslaria asked, leaning towards the older boy and glaring at him, to which he shirked back from. "You do realize if their identity gets out to the wrong hands they could die, don't you? I know your brother can be trusted, but I know nothing of you. Besides... Are you not the one who was working for the general in the city?" 

"U-Uh... Well Y-Yes I was, but you see..." Takeshi began, cutting himself off with a yelp as he was knocked over the head, falling backwards and staring up at the cieling through stars. "Ow ow ow ow...!"

Eslaria wasn't terribly keen on this idea of theirs. If it went poorly then she'd lose a very valuable person in this war, that really could not be afforded. Crossing her arms impatiently she looked at Shu this time, cocking her head to the side slightly. "You, boy, can you promise my informant's safety if I tell you who they are? If things go poorly I need your word that you can keep them safe. Give me that and I'll tell you who they are and where to find them."