"Nonsense," Ashelia replied, shaking her head. "Your sword would be most welcome." It may have been classist, and it ma have been elitist, but it was clear to the queen just from Ramza's bearing and his speech patterns that he was a properly raised noble, as she was herself. Properly raised nobles generally kne something of swordplay and the intricacies of battle - maybe planning them moreso than fighting necessarily, but Ramza looked like a spry young man, to say the least. "I hope to leave within the next several days - my research on how best to travel to this cave is nearly complete."