She tips her head, watching him closely. There was something unusual about this boy. Arching a brow, she let the colors of the world fade, watching his soul light up so brightly it was almost blinding. She cuts off soul sight in the next instant, shoving down the instinctive desire to squash the light, the instinct that doesn't belong to her. Valdis takes a breath to center herself and shakes her head.

"I...see," she replies, "Well, they'll probably leave you alone now. But if you'd like an escort to safer ground, I have no plans."