[She surprised by his remark, even though she really shouldn't be. She hadn't even taken the time to notice any racial features about Ethan besides his obvious human ones. But leave it to Christos to recognize something so minor on first observation.] Perhaps. [She wasn't going to even give him a chance to defend his prejudices.]

You managed fine with me as your squire. And if you were able to survive all your missions while having to haul me along with you, I'm sure I can manage fine with a trained solider by my side should peril arise. [And she's not really to thinking before she says all this, which is something rare for her. She just wanted to say something nice, and nostalgic, to smooth it all over. So if he takes it wrong, that's what she gets... and really it's what she should expect by now.

She turns to give him a small, reassuring smile.]