Fendros let out a small laugh, "Not a word." He said, closing his eyes. He wasn't so tired that he felt like sleeping, but he thought he might as well relax.

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While he listened, Janius raised his mug to take another sip and noticed himself overbalance a fraction. Even with the tiny sips he was taking, he needed to slow down. Instead of taking another sip, he carefully put the drink down again. It was intimidating how fast it was acting.

In Janius' opinion, Meesei's father seemed like a better person than his father. Even if his disciplinary methods sounded somewhat scary, at least they were effective. Janius wondered whether he would be a different person if his father had been more like that.

Janius nodded and turned to Lorag and Runt. "What about you two? Did your guardians only like to yell, or were they more like Meesei's?" Janius directed the question to both Lorag and Sabine in an effort to see if Sabine felt like talking after her sociable display a few days prior. A short moment of eye contact seemed to be Sabine's only apparent response, though.