It's far from the first time, even this month--even today--, Illarion's run into someone nearly out of his head. He hardly startles at the sudden response; merely takes his hand back and regards Shiro with a level expression.

He knows this human, he's sure, from Koz's orphanage. All the better he happened along to intervene.

"You are not seeming well enough for a fight. Not here," he puts a hand over his heart, "nor in your head."