Fendros nodded. Her words made sense, perhaps he wasn't placing himself in his child's shoes well enough. After all, she had a Bosmer father. She would be in a better position to understand the truth of it than Fendros was. In fact it made him curious to know what her experience was with that matter.

He looked at her again, his face less on the brink of breaking down, but still not exactly joyful. "Did you have any issues like that with your father, Ahna? In adolescence or otherwise? What did he say?"

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"I think that would save me a lot of time. Thank you." Ariel smiled and nodded. Her heart was warmed at the generosity of the people she had met so far. If all was to continue as it was, she might have a small network of friends by the end of the first day. What luck!

As soon as Meesei said 'buildings', Janius' head bowed forward and he let out a hearty laugh. That was a bit more drastic than he had expected. Perhaps not quite as mortifying. "Oh, that is such a wonderful mental image." He said, before taking another sip of his drink, "How did your father the shaman react to that?"