"What do you mean? Good luck with your joust? Why did you say that? Kel doesn't want to joust." Neal asked Miliko.
"She's jousting Sir Ansil of Groten," Miliko explained.
"Oh. Why?" Neal wanted to know.
"Because. I don't have to tell you," Miliko said, walking faster.
"Well, I'll just go ask her then," Neal announced.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Miliko advised. But Neal wasn't listening. He had turned around, and walked into the tent.
"What the?" he exclaimed. Miliko jogged over, and looked in. Kel and Cleon were glaring at Neal. Neal was glaring right back.
"He didn't know," Miliko said simply.
"So. You could have stopped him coming in here." Kel obviously blamed Miliko.
"Have you ever tried to stop Neal from doing something?" Miliko queried.
"I get your point. Sorry," Kel grinned.
"Kel? Where are you?" Sir Raoul was coming up.
"Hello!" Miliko greeted brightly.
"Hello," Raoul's glance took in everything, including the fact that Cleon's arms were still around Kel.
"Kel? If I may speak to you in my tent?" He asked politely.
"Um, okay," Kel agreed.
"Bye! I know what's gonna happen now!" Miliko sang. Kel glared at her. Miliko smiled sweetly.
"Miliko! Miliko!" Myanh came running up, lifting her skirts. A very harassed looking boy came running up behind her.
"Yes, Myanh?" Miliko asked.
"Look who I found!" Myanh sounded incredibly pleased with herself.
"Who?" Miliko was trying to be extremely patient.
"Um, I dunno." Myanh sounded no less happy, though. The boy rolled his eyes.
"Squire Alan of Pirates Swoop, My Lady." The boy introduced himself.
"Hello. So, you are Alianne's twin brother?" Miliko was thinking hard.
"Yes, I am, Lady Miliko." Obviously Alan's mother had told him who was who.
"Hm. Okay. Your mother's teaching Myanh," Miliko thought even harder.
"Yes, Lady Miliko." Alan was very polite.
"But aren't you younger than Kel?" Miliko asked.
"No, Lady." His answers were getting shorter and shorter.
"Older? Or the same age?" Miliko had stopped thinking.
"Same." Wow, he'd even dropped the title.
"Okay." Miliko was finally satisfied.
"Alan, where's Thom?" Neal asked.
"Over there, Neal." Alan knew Neal, then. Neal set off, but then changed his mind and came back.
"No, I won't go say hello," he decided. Miliko and Myanh nodded, both having drifted off into their own private worlds.
"Yes. Of course we'll start teaching them now." Numair? What was he doing there? It gave all of them a fright.
"Miliko, Myanh, you have to come with us. I have already located Shadi," Numair addressed Miliko and Myanh. They shook themselves.
"Yes?" They asked simultaneously.
"Come with me please." Although it was framed as a request, they knew it was an order.
"Coming. Bye Neal, Yuki, Owen. See ya later." Miliko waved, and walked off.
"Bye." Myanh was as sweet as ever. She was also just faking it again.
"Come on." Numair was really impatient. Miliko would remedy that.
"Neal, say bye to Kel for me, please," she told Neal. "And wish her luck from me again," she added.
"Okay," Neal agreed. Numair realized that if he pushed her, they'd never get away, so he stayed silent.
"Bye," Miliko repeated, and Neal waved. Miliko, Myanh and Numair walked away.