His assurances helped. Neria loosed a faint breath and slowly nodded. Firm but fair. She could work with that. Her fingers briefly tangled again with his as she nodded, and then she sat back with a quiet sigh.

"I'll do whatever you need me to." If that meant giving them assurances or being truthful...she'd do it. She'd try her best to give everything.

Neria made a small gesture with her hand. "It's all right. I don't...sleep or eat anymore," she murmured. "But I'll rest. And food might be nice in the morning." It would be better, too, to eat and convince them she was not a monstrous thing, that she had wants like anyone else.