They answer anyway as he speaks on, shaking their head vehemently multiple times, more than the one back-and-forth they've done before. They did not want to frighten him at all, and his seeming to know this now loosens the something in their chest. A little.

And they...might. Nowhere in this kingdom was safe for so long. They, with a blade longer than the bodies of the largest Husks that were patrolling it, must seem even more dangerous. They did not realize this before, since they hold no more glow of Her.

They must be more careful now.

And they...do not respond. They know what he is, since he introduced himself as Relic Seeker. They know he is not their leader--he is hardly the King--but they don't understand why this matters.