Gallus looked up with surprise to the waitress. He squinted his eyes and whispered, astonished more than suspicious, "Had she been listening the entire time?" He shook the expression off before she approached and placed an order after Ahnasha. "I'll have a grilled salmon fillet, or whatever fish you have, no sugar please."

Fendros, Janius, and Uthri each ordered some food as well. Upon request to Ahnasha, Rhazii also asked for something to tide him over.

With the mention of food, Sabine suddenly became slightly torn about going out exploring, but with Peiter's agreement to go out as well as the prospect of getting food elsewhere in the city, that dilemma quickly evaporated. She smiled and looked to Tzirret, "What do you think, Tzirret? Want to come with us?"

"Er, this one might stay," Tzirret looked down and only gave Sabine and Peiter glances, "There could be danger, you heard what was said."

"Tzirret! Come! We need three people to go," Sabine tugged lightly on Tzirret's arm. "Do you need more brandy for courage?" Sabine laughed.

Tzirret only groaned apprehensively.

Sabine looked to Peiter pleadingly. He might have been able to convince Tzirret.

Janius let go of his defensiveness, but mention of his antics from before he turned caused him to laugh nervously. He looked to the table, then to Kaleeth, then to Meesei, and then to everyone else. "Well," he put his hands on the table, "I can't say that it's a habit I have today, but yes, Kaleeth's father was not the first father that I ever angered. Not by a long shot. Let me think..." Janius took a moment to lean back in his chair and put an arm around Kaleeth. After a few moments of staring at the ceiling, he looked forward and remembered one occurrence.

"When I was sixteen, back in Bravil, there was this gorgeous Imperial girl that I made acquaintance with at a ball. It was a vapid event, really, but this girl was the daughter of a higher noble than my house, no one that I was meant to even look at. Still, we danced, we talked, we sneaked out to a balcony and talked further. I even stole a kiss - away from prying eyes - before the ball was over, but she retreated. Later on, I found a note in my pocket detailing where she was situated in the keep." Janius shook his head and smiled, "Those Imperial walls, if you have the right tools, they are easy to climb, so later that night, I went to visit her...without using the gate."

"This is beginning to sound like the plot to a cheap romance book," Uthri said with her head forward and a sly smile.

"I would not be surprised if that were the case," Janius responded to Uthri. He leaned forward again, "Anyway, I reached her chambers and we..." Janius hovered one hand over the other awkwardly, "...began making a night of it, but we were interrupted. She was too loud, and it had attracted the attention of the guards. Luckily, we heard them before they broke the door down, so in a moment of tactical genius..." Janius couldn't quite contain his own chortling at this point, "...I took the nearest article of clothing and wrapped it around my face to obscure my identity. The guards broke in, but not before I was rappelling out of the window with my clothing under my arm and my face wrapped with something. It was probably the closest I came to ever getting arrested by someone with the power to do something bad, but I escaped, somehow."

Fendros chuckled, "Naked and sliding down a rope?"

"Yes! It was freezing cold!" Janius opened his hands as if he was defending his position. "It wasn't until later that I noticed that the reason that the article around my head smelled so sweet was that it was the daughter's lower undergarment." Janius wiped his eye, slightly ashamed, but smiling, "Not only that, but wanted posters were everywhere in town the next morning depicting nothing but a man with lady's underwear obscuring his features. I was never caught and I never saw the girl again, but claiming that I was a wanted criminal did help charm other ladies later on. The noble father of the girl had a priceless look as he rode out of town back to where he came from."

"Shor's bones! I should write the novel myself!" Uthri said through a laugh.

"You are despicable, Janius, truly!" Gallus said, somewhat impressed.

Janius gave Kaleeth a guilty look, "It was a long time ago."