"Yes, impressive, maybe. Dangerous, most certainly." Ariel wanted to make that clear. With the thought, a few ideas also rushed through her mind. There were substances that would change the colour of fire and sparks. Arranged properly, they might make for quite the spectacle. Still dangerous though. "But I see your point," Ariel flicked her hand dismissively, "I'll have a look tomorrow. The fire salts would be expensive, but if I'm lucky it won't be a 'bring your own' competition." In that moment, Ariel's eyes drooped closed and she had to breath in deeply to keep herself awake. "I think I'd best get to sleep. It's been a big day." She said, sliding off her dress to counter the humid heat and pulling her sheets over herself. "Goodnight, Lorag. Goodnight, sister."

At first, Janius just listened as Meesei spoke, but as soon as she got to 'respectable', Janius turned his head to look the other way for a moment and looked to Meesei again with a slightly less impressed face. He had to stifle a chuckle by the time she got to sacrificing for Hircine. "Chaste for Hircine, my goodness," Janius muttered with a smile. Speaking more clearly, he responded, "Meesei, the last time I heard someone say that, like,-" she raised his hand in thought, "-being respectable, all that, it was the words of my own father. A toothless man, by all accounts. Also, I've come to realise, an anxious one, and someone hardly deserving of his position in the first place." Janius furrowed his brow, "Respectable? Pah, look..." Janius leaned forward and took on a firm tone, "I say this as a friend: I think you're missing the point with this title of yours. If the packs I've seen are any indication, followers of Hircine are not Imperial courtiers. I know you as a person; and you are an able leader, and a formidable hunter. If that doesn't garner the respect to deserve that ring you have, then nothing will." Before he allowed Meesei to respond, Janius put both his hands up in front of him, "Just think, if you will, that I had been the one to lead a pack to kill the Orc hunter and win the ring. That I had the leadership and the skills to do that. Also imagine that I remained as indecent as usual with finding mates. Would you be challenging my respect because you don't think I should be bedding everything with legs, or because you believe that I am not a capable hunter and leader?" Janius' tone became more sympathetic, "You just keep doing what you do best. And by the way," Janius leaned back again and resumed reading your book, "I promise that you will neither have the desire, nor the intention to find a permanent mate when you end up meeting yours, whomever that may be."

There was a pause before Janius held his head back and put one palm on his forehead. "Gods be good, I'm the Imperial rake! Why am I giving you this lecture?"