Did he want her to say the truth or what he wanted to hear? Because if it was the truth he was going for, then that answer was obvious.
"Yeah, it is." Well, he DID ask. Besides, it wasn't like they had a rapid spider on the loose in the castle. She was safe. Not to mention that if it came down to it, you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of AJ protecting herself.
"But, I am ready now." Hopefully that would end any rants before they had a chance to start.
The lion couldn't help but to smile.
"Kind of seems like it did." The ropes had fell from her, and now she had a fighting chance.
"I can charm my attacker and then go in for the kill." Make them think she was a dainty little girl could give her an advantage because she was anything but.
Okay. She was ready now.
"Wait." She shoved the last few pieces of candy into her mouth and swallowed them.
"Okay. Now I am ready." She had retrieved her wand from her back pocket, and went from silly to serious in about .5 seconds. AJ was able to deflect his spell, and call out her own in record time.
"Stupefy!" That was a handy one to be able to perform.