There's just a lot of staring from Lirael's side. She senses something that feels like magic coming from him for a moment, but again, neither Charter nor Free Magic, just a weird tingling on her Charter Mark. So he's definitely a creature of Free Magic, which is good, but he's also an unknown...which could be bad.

The command takes her by surprise, and even more how the dog acts afterwards. Pretends to act, she tells herself as her hand goes to give it a few tentative pats, brushing her hair out of the way. "What is it?" The question is for Kai, of course. "It's not a sending..." Wow, look how many words she's stringing together. Him not being Clayr certainly helps.

To his other statement, she just nods. She has already tried, but it didn't seem to do any good.