Edelgard inclines her head to one side in curiosity. "Really? Perhaps you'd care to introduce me. If they don't mind answering more questions, that is." She can always try to find someone else. The more names and faces they have, the better. "You're right about that, but I still wonder why they'd go to so much trouble."

She takes the handshake and nods. "There are, but I wonder if they truly do know that. Everyone has talked about how wonderful it is to have us here, but has anyone ever mentioned specifics about why that is?" Questions, they'd had so many questions. "I assume you're a man with history yourself. I don't suppose you heard any mention of the deeds that might have caused you to be selected?" It's a thread she's caught and is curious to start pulling and see where it leads. "I did not." Thancred had said they perfected the spell that brought them here, and that might be true...but do they also understand it? Can you do one without the other? Magic can be tricky like that.