Being around outlaws had damaged his courtesy more than a little. Elia managed not to roll her eyes but it was close. "Should I have entrusted this news to a messenger then?" she asked, all innocence. "But forgive me; I have not seen you in months and it is difficult after so much to go apart from those one loves." Truth, but with a heavy dose of sarcasm. She had wanted to see him, but mostly she'd just wanted out of the city.