Seishu's mouth twitches into a smirk for an instant. “If I could really do something like that, I know someone else I would use it one first, and I wouldn't use it just to get out a little smile. . .” His tone is highly suggestive, unable to pass up the opportunity, however before Enasi can say anything he goes on in a more serious tone. “That little Gem does not belong here. He may be a kind, sweet, timid little thing having grown up here, but. . .You don't get those colors from just any minion. And definitely never in this realm.” He decides to keep the focus on Inui for now. The bigger problem of Enasi's issues will just have to wait.

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Starla almost skips a little in joy. Surly now she'll be able to figure it out, no problem. “So, sir, what am I missing? I mean, you're really smart, you have to know!”

Harper chuckles. “Can't tell you.” Starla's face falls and she misses a step. Before she can make a comeback however he continues. “However I can give you some good pointer, lead you in the right direction.” She thinks for a moment, pulling even with the general again before looking up at him and nodding rapidly. 

“Yes sir, if you would please.” Her voice sounds very formal, willing to do whatever it takes to find out what the big secret is. She's always been curious and if she doesn't know the answer to a problem, she will seek it no matter what.

“Very well then, let me ask you this,” he begins without looking at her, his eyes instead on the hall before them, “Why do you want to protect the Nightmare Guardian?”

Once again Starla almost fumbles but recovers herself quickly, “Because Lord Enasi wants my brother and I to, and he thinks we can do it.” Harper nods.

“For any dream, dream minion, or even nightmare and nightmare minion around, that would be more than good enough. However Night is very picky. There re several things about what you just said that would have him rejecting you in an instant.” He sighs lightly as Starla stops a foot in irritation.

“That sounds like double standards to me!” Harper looks down at her curiously. Before he can ask what she means by that, she launches off into an explanation and he listens quietly. “He made such a big deal about how Lord Enasi trusts his judgment, even going so far as to pretend to attack us just to show that our lord would not interfere, and here he is not trusting Lord Enasi enough to let him assign my brother and I to protect him! I know how much Lord Enasi cares about all of us, and that level of trust for that. . . .Nightmare Guardian is amazing! How can our lord have so much trust in one who can't even pay him the courtesy of respecting his wishes?!” She gets slowly louder as she talks, at the end snapping off the last word in a shout. When she is done however she notices that Harper had not responded to her growing temper and she looks at him a little sheepishly. “Sorry, I normally don’t get worked up like this, I just. . .I don't know. . .”

Harper nods. “I know why. Seishu does that to people, and having met him now, the irritation isn't going to go away any time soon, until you learn to deal with it.” She looks at him wide eyed for a second before looking away in shame. She feels she should be able to deal with it no matter what. The fact that the guardian affects her so is a little shameful. However she looks back at Harper as he continues. “It's not double standards though. If he had sent you away out right, that would have been double standards. The fact that he's decided to give you guys as many tries as it takes is actually a great concession on his part. He's giving you guys an innumerable amount of chances to discover something about yourselves that in the future will become an invaluable thing you will not be able to imagine living without.” He smiles down at the dumbfounded minion. “For now however, you just need to touch on it. It took me to this vary day to figure out just what it is inside me that he likes so much, and now I can't believe I never noticed it.”

Starla looks at him, still very confused. Harper decides to give her one more hint, needing to get back to his duties. “Starla, what does Lord Enasi value above anything else in existence?” 

She responds without hesitation. “Us. Those who dwell in his realm.”

A light shock runs through her when Harper shakes his head. “Nope. Crios and I knew this long before Night got stranded here. What lord Enasi values above all else is something that only he and Night can achieve, and something that brings them all more pain and sorrow than any in this realm can even imagine. We just. . . Didn't know that last part until recently. . . .Until we saw them together and Night showed it to us. . .” Harper had come to a stop as he spoke, Starla pausing a few steps ahead of him, turning on a heel to look at him. 

She watches as his ears come to hang loosely at the sides of his head. Because of what Seishu had done Harper doesn't feel as bad as he could, but the thought still makes him a little sad. Starla looks at him, unsure if she really wants to know just what this thing is. [i]'I've never doubted for a second that we come fist. I know the general wouldn't lie to me, but. . .Can we really not be at the forefront of our beloved lord's values?'[/i] He stomach clenches as his ears rise once more and he meets her eye.

“Above all else, before anything else is considered, Lord Enasi must uphold the Balance. Even at his and his loved one's expense. If this were not so, do you really think he would still consent to the clashes between realms any more? Do you really think Seishu would have ever had a chance of laying a blade to any of his precious denizens. Seishu too would have stopped the fighting long ago if he could, but the balance requires that the battle take place. So, slave to this thing called the Balance, Lord Enasi and Master Seishu have different values than the rest of us and can never forget what they have to do to uphold it.” Harper's words set up a burning behind Starla's eyes and she wants nothing more than to seek out her brother right now to make everything feel better. Unable to speak she bows in thanks and runs off to find him. Seishu never said they couldn't share information, just not the answer.