Elua let the hand withdraw, Cassiel was much the same way, especially in public. He nodded in concern when Joscelin told him what was wrong. "I see why you are concerned." Which of course caused him to think about how worried Cassiel probably was about him right now. Elua was not in the habit of leaving him in the middle of the night without a word after all.

"Why do you think her to be in danger?" If it was simply by his absence, then that was simply the nerves that were inherent to someone who was a bodyguard. He knew Cassiel worried about him even when he wasn't in any sort of danger. But if he had been brought here while his ward had been left in a bad situation... Elua wasn't going to give him false reassurances, but he would do his best to help him feel better. Or try to get him home.