"But you said the priest...?" He frowns mildly, not directly at her, but he does look a little displeased. It didn't have to be done that way at all, because there was surely more than one way to lure out the beast. It had come for them without the incentive of knowing them, and while waiting until it grew hungry again would be tedious, that too was an option. No wonder she was so distraught, if the battle had not only been with the beast, but with her own people, as well. He should have known. Family arguments cut deeper than any blade could.

"...And what did he have to say, after?" He holds his plate and the roll, but does not eat, too focused on the discussion at hand, first.