This was set to be a far more pleasant meeting than their last. The context in which they were meeting was far more cheerful, and both June and Aito were in high spirits. The same, unfortunately, couldn't quite be said for Viral. While there was certainly an improvement he was still upset, that much was evident. They must have found Ikura to help, but it was going to take some time until he was truly better. "It does matter, and it should have mattered then, we're sorry Viral," June said earnestly, offering a sad smile. "We never thought to throw you one before because... Well I suppose we didn't think you'd want one. You were never big on celebrations, so we would just try to make up for it during the year. Now I really wish we had thrown you parties, maybe it would have helped some..." Ah, and they couldn't be there to celebrate his first. Then again, they sort of were now, weren't they?

"We would have wished you a happy birthday, had we thought you'd wanted it," Aito admitted, looking at Viral apologetically. "You never seemed very enthusiastic during Vegeta or Yumi's, so we thought they weren't for you. We tended to do something special when it did come around, but no real party." He wasn't going to bring up the fact they had technically missed the Beastman's birthday by almost two weeks, he didn't want to be the killjoy on this one. Smiling kindly he looked at Viral carefully for a moment, nodding his head. "I guess I kind of didn't help very much last time, did I?" Chuckling as he rubbed at his head Aito looked at June for a moment before the Beastman again. "As far as plans went, we hoped you would help raise Vegeta and Yumi, which you did. You did that amazingly from what I've seen, and you taught them to fight as well. Frankly I couldn't be happier with how you turned out Viral. As for the future..."

What could he say that would make Viral happy? Sure, Aito had things in mind, but he didn't want to dictate the Beastman's life. He'd done that for years already, there was no reason to do it any longer. If a small push in the right direction would help however then he could at least offer that. "Advice for the future... You always loved training them, and watching over them. You were every bit as diligent as we could have hoped, and you were excellent and what you did. So I suppose my advice would be why not do that?" Safest bet was to stick to something you knew, and Viral knew how to instruct young warriors. Had Aito any idea that Ikura had suggested the very same thing he would push for that much more, but since not he was a little hesitant. "If you desire to do that, of course. It's a lot of responsibility, training people. Above all else Viral, whatever anyone tells you to do you should only do what makes you happy. Not in a selfish sense, but put yourself before anyone else. You deserve to be happy like everyone else does, and you shouldn't put aside your own wants and needs for others."