Julan rubbed his chin as he thought. He knew he would have to edit his descriptions of the places they had visited to avoid implying anything about their clans. "Hmm, I've been to a lot of places. We have gone to Skyrim a lot. It has really, really tall mountains. Much bigger than any of the hills, buildings, and everything else around here. And it's cold too; there's snow everywhere. Well, not [i]everywhere[/i]. There are plenty of places between the mountains with all kinds of grass and trees. Sometimes, there are fields with so much tundra cotton that it can look like it's covered in snow. There is even a marsh in one part of Skyrim, but...it's kind of frozen. I didn't like it much there. Valenwood was a lot different. There are so many trees that are so big that you can't even see the sky most of the time. I was even afraid to try to climb them, but there are some Bosmer there that make their homes way up in the trees, so I kind of had to. They had ladders and walkways and everything, though, so it wasn't that bad. It just kind of made me feel sick to my stomach to be so high up." --- "That...sounds awful." Kaleeth said, perhaps focusing more on Janius' history than how it could help Aurana. For a moment, she leaned in and gave him a hug. "Maybe knowing that you are alive and safe could help convince them that they do not need to be so overprotective with her? If they really are sad about losing you, then maybe on some level, it would be a relief for them to know you survived? It might help convince them that there isn't a need to restrict Aurana so much, since she wouldn't be in as much danger as they thought. If that doesn't work, then maybe...try to convince them that Aurana can't learn what she needs to learn like this? Since she never is allowed to leave the house, I don't see how she could be ready to live on her own." --- Meesei did not adopt the strict, professional posture that she usually held with Marod and Lunise. She was distinctly more casual and did not place as tight of restrictions on showing her own emotions. "We have known each other for a fair amount of time. For a few years now, we have been working together, and I have no doubt you were searching for, studying myself and my people for many years before that, since our first meeting in Elsweyr. That was, what? Over a decade ago? When we parted in Elsweyr, it was nonviolent, but...tense. And yet, you still came to us offering peace. In the years since you found us, you have been our contact to the Thalmor, and as far as I can tell, have acted in good faith in that role for both parties. With Marod, I cannot be truly certain of the Empire's intentions with us. They have acted far more like friends and allies than you have and have made more talk of long-term integration of clans in the Empire, and such plans. You, however, have always made it quite clear that our deal with the Dominion is one of mutual advantage, and one that can and will change if we do anything that removes the Dominion's gains. I respect that candor. More than that, I respect your willingness to act as a diplomat to a people that are seen as monsters to the majority of Tamriel. As much as you might have tried to avoid it, you made yourself into a friend of my people. And if there is one thing you have no doubt learned about me, it is that I support my friends." Meesei took a few steps closer to Lunise, her expression no longer as cold and calculating as Lunise had grown accustomed to. "Hircine's Champion does not care about how Justicar Lunise feels, but I am not talking to you as Hircine's Champion. Speaking as 'Meesei to Lunise', I know that your whole world has been shattered today, and as a friend of my people, I want to help and support you however I can. You deserve better than the betrayal you have been given."