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Elaine, for her part, tries to avoid conversation for the moment, simply waiting patiently for the questioning to start while trying to get her story straight. Freyja, however, catches her eye.

Just briefly.

She continues trying to get her story straight then.

Elaine sighs under her breath. She knew this would happen if she stayed to help.

She knew she should've run the moment something happened. It was, however, hard to say she regretted it. After resting on the wall for another moment, she stands back up straight, keeping her face hidden underneath her hood and turns around, most of her dress and face hidden by her rough, dark cloak. She walks towards the plaza.
".....as you wish, my lord."

She ignores Agiluf's comments for the moment. After all, nobody knew to suspect her as a monster, not yet. She could at least chance leaving once all was said and done; exposing herself, to a stranger, was a bad idea.

Elain doesn't turn to face Agiluf, instead simply catching her breath for a few moments.
"....you saw....what happened there. It isn't safe.....for people to stay here."

"Then....you are safe. That is....good. Do not worry. I am.....not a normal dragon. You are under no threat.

Now, I ask this....tell nobody I did this for you nor tell them who did this for you, and do not look for me. "
Elaine turns away from her, tumbling towards an alleyway where she could safely transform without being seen, picking up her cloak and staff in her teeth as she slips between the building where Geraint and Caderyn were thrown and another.

As she gets to the alleyway, her scales begin to slough off like molting skin, her enlarged limbs shrinking and crumbling into uselessness to reveal her human limbs, her horns disappearing and retreating into her skull as her face shrinks from the demonic, lizard-like visage to the soft, pale and beautiful woman's face it once was, her eyes returning from the snake-like slits to the softer, red eyes they began as. Her skin smoothens and settles, scales replaced with porcelain skin and her silvery dress emerging once more, undisturbed by its wearer's fight.

When Elaine reaches the end of the alleyway, leading onto another street, she is completely normal again, breathing heavily and using the wall for support, clutching her cloak and staff in either hand, hurriedly putting her cloak on to conceal her face once more.

As the Dark Beast Knight collapses in front of her, sparking with lightning, Elaine pauses briefly as she looks for other targets; apart from the witch, who seemed invincible, there was yet one other monster to slay.

A glint of Lillian's hair catches Elaine's eye, and she turns her head to see the young girl with a pitchfork, defending herself. A quick glance over her and Elaine's suspicions are confirmed; she was moments away from being ripped apart by the monster she'd slain. 

Lillian might be surprised when the echoing voice of a young lady emerges from the mouth of a pale, monstrous dragon, before said dragon breathes lightning once more at the remaining monster.
"Stay behind me."

Minato nods, smiling a little.
"Sorry. I'll get out of your hair."

"That....was a relative of mine. She just said that my cousin was coming along to....visit."
He says it in a tone that makes it increasingly clear Minato's....not fond of this cousin.