The elf continued to stare at her for a while, then gave up and replied: "It's Aiden, ma'am. After the attack, I was going to help the master when I heard more wizards coming, and I hid... He had been here. He killed my friends who were trying to stop him, so I was afraid that... I want to die as a hero, of course, but I wouldn't be of any use as a corpse, would I?"