[Palamedes looks at Aisha, and then at Alec, and he finally understands: the girl is Alec's cavalier.

Not literally, of course. But she's certainly something like it.

With something like a smile, he watches Aisha's eyes go huge.]

Don't worry, Alec, I wasn't actually concerned about an ambush. Even if I couldn't stop you, Camilla would make sure they never found your body.

[And speaking of cavaliers] Constructs that can fight really aren't my specialty. How about we start with one, and we can work our way up from there?