Re: Outside the Palace
Beauty didn't recognize Oliver, but his demeanor was one she was starting to recognize as being displaced, which she associated with Bellum. And if she was wrong, well, there was no real danger for her here. Beauty, as Ella regularly complained, was sure of her own abilities; she would manage to manage.
So, when the unknown man started toward the trees, she let the trees beyond him shake their leaves angrily, drawing the mob's attention long enough to get him near the forest proper. And if he wasn't anyone from Bellum, well, he wouldn't know she'd had anything to do with his escape, would he?
As he neared, she curtsied, and then she disappeared into the woods again. Apparently the Bellumites needed rescuing; she could help with that.