Foulques approached the young couple, and while neither his armor nor the spear on his back looked especially reassuring, he offered a surprisingly elegant bow to them in greeting. "You are the young King and Queen, I presume?", he said as he straightened back up. "Well met. Or as well as can be in a place such as this. I am Foulques of the Mist."

"You mentioned that you wish to consult the so-called teachers here, but I'm afraid that neither the old virago nor the vain wench have deigned to join us this day. If you wish to speak with them, you must needs seek them out, though I can't imagine that doing so would be worth the effort. The scrawny astrologian, however, is lurking about somewhere. And I imagine that Professor Yen Sid would welcome the chance to speak with you." They may well notice that Yen Sid was the only one of the professors he called by their actual name. And the only one he mentioned without a sneering tone in his voice.