"Well, that's good. Fear will help no one here." Truth. Plain and simple.
"Yes, he's quite interesting with the children. They don't know what to make of him, for the most part. Scholars and squires and the like, really. They're very well-mannered." There was something that lit up in her face when she spoke of them. To Penny there was something remarkably innocent about the two they'd invited over for tea. She enjoyed their company and treated them with care while fussing over Cid constantly. Really, if there had been a child at that table, it was the oldest of them all, not that she mentioned it.
"I've learned quite a bit, but I still have a long way to go. You know how that is." While Cid was an excellent teacher while he was focused, he did have quite a few distractions. By quite a few, she thought to herself many. Theory behind spells was easy. The casting was the challenge for her. Practical practice wasn't always easy. Maybe she'd ask him to go out into the woods soon? It would give her some time to apply her spells on things that weren't human...or bandits.