The group was quite as they watched the ceremony progress. The children were sitting on the ground in a group while the adults stood behind them. Janius stood by Kaleeth with a proud smile.

"Oh, okay," Gallus replied to Ri'vashi tersely, as if her clearly nervous state was nothing. He turned his eyes to look at the ceremony, but did not walk away just yet.

A few minutes into the ceremony -- likely near the end with how brief it was meant to be -- Gallus leaned to one side and murmured to Ri'vashi in an effort not to disturb everyone else. "Tell me to drop it if you like, but you're worse at hiding your discomfort than my boys are."