Killian's eyes went wide, and Zannrick did not miss the expression there in. But after a moment of hesitation, he briefly nodded and glanced over at General Serenus as he rose to his feet.
"But could it hurt for her to have one more escort?" the General suddenly cut in, and Killian froze in his spot, blue eyes casting over towards the Grand Duke, who stared at the pair for a moment with some thought.
"Very well, it might be suitable to have him help her get adjusted," The Grand Duke relented, tiredly, and Killian spared a thankful,a nd semi-discrete gaze Serenus's way before the Grand Duke gestured for the boy to sit again. He did so promptly and stood at attention, with much more energy than he had before.
"Being that you are here, I have... some concerns of my own, nightmares I suffer that you've seen the soldier's similarly suffer by,"t he Grand Duke went on, looking a lot more tired as he admitted this. "I have been suffering by them for a time-" And by the pause in his voice, it was obvious it was quite a long time. "And though I do not condone the use of magic, it has been brought to my attention what you can do,a nd you have done such in aid to the army, and for that, I am grateful for your services, but-" And here he paused, hesitating only briefly before he told her, "Do you think you could help me?"
And part of the question was asked it almost sounded as if he might not believe it-
but part of his tone suggested he wanted to.
Some relief, he believed, was better than no relief.