Yelena was still worried about Rune, but in all honesty, she had faith that he would be able to overcome mere outlaws. No matter how disadvantaged he was, Rune had always pulled through out of any situation.
Back when they were still freshmen at the academy, Rune was assigned to be her partner during a search and rescue mission. Three days west of Loveria was the mining town of Terraria. The mayor of the town requested the aid of the queendom's soldiers to save the town's miners from a cave-in, but the queendom was short on manpower, so Queen Rosetta asked Commander Liana to dispatch two of Forestar's freshmen to the mission.
Truthfully, back then, Yelena was annoyed by the fact that she was assigned with Rune. He had always been one of the students she found to be overbearing and foolis
