Beasts? Elladan's eyes flicked toward the horse where it twitched nervously, then upward to the skies through which the dragon had passed. He saw but a faint sign of it a distance off, and tracked it only for a moment until he locked eyes with the man before him. "No," he said, "they are not so dark as that. Dragons," he said, "here." But harmless dragons they kept saying.
But how could beasts of inherent evil not be harmful? He didn't understand, but he left wisdom to his father and continued on with soldiering. "Fear not.. the shadow has passed, Faramir," he assured him. "You are safe here." Safe enough.