It's as much encouragement as he'll get from a witch such as Bernkastel. To her, anything that doesn't belong in the Meta World is deemed as a piece -- he wasn't a player in his own game board, after all, just a human who could barely move the pawns in place and obtain checkmate.

"Of course." Her reply is monotonous as she continues further in, the call of the wolf getting closer. "They'll be going after you."