Elsa colors at that, pleased. "I'm glad," she says. Since he's here for help, she decides to give her trust as well. Accustomed though she is to keeping to herself, she's learned to be better about sharing in her time in Darrow. It was never like she wanted to hide away every part of her. It was only something she thought she needed to do, a duty that required tending like so many others that made up her life as the heir apparent.

"I didn't trust myself," she continues, "for a long time. It took me years to realize that trusting myself is... vital. This power is... connected, I suppose you might say, to what you're feeling, but also to trusting yourself. If you're frightened and nervous and you think you're going to hurt people, you very well might. You must believe you have it within yourself to control it. And I'm sure you do." She may not know him at all, but she knows he's come seeking help. That speaks to the strength of his character.