Planning a meeting without knowing who you’re meeting with is a challenge. They have to take into account that a mage or even several of them might show up. That they might cast a spell to prevent magic from being used or to capture or paralyse the opponent. There is the possibility that King Loriel might even send the Elven emissary to negotiate. A slim chance, but they have to think of all possibilities. He might even send a family member, maybe one of their cousins. His advisers are a trusted bunch as well. And they are all skilled magic practitioners.
Katherine finds out that planning with Cellan is a totally different thing than what she learned from her teachers. Both her and Lear have ideas of their own, but it takes Cellan to tie those ideas into a meaningful plan. He has ideas t
