As he stepped forward, she stepped back, now with one foot on the landing of the steps. But those eyes... She remembered those eyes, and he'd called himself a friend, of course. Elsa raised one hand to cover her mouth, afraid for him. "Alric."

She stopped retreating, upon seeing his sphere of fire. Watching it with interest, her gaze then found its way to his eyes again. "You'd teach me?"

The response held a note of wonder, and a light snowfall began in the room.