Janius' thoughts were screaming curses at himself. He wished he could be more apologetic without letting Kaleeth know the pack's nature. He sighed through his nose, but tried to smile back. He would have to tell her the truth at some point. He didn't know when, but he didn't want Sabine to miss out on the ritual. He would have to wait until after. He hoped it wouldn't be too difficult by then. He expected that it would.

"Hm, okay then." Janius spoke in a tone which probably was less enthusiastic than it should have been, given the circumstances. He lowered himself into the water again and spoke, trying to keep his mind off the issue for now. "Well there's..." he chuckled through his nose, "... there's one thing you said. 'Beautiful man'. Usually beautiful is only used to describe women, or feminine things. For men, you would say, 'handsome'. I don't know why, come to think of it, but it's just the way Cyrodilic is."

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Tunxeek looked out to the common hut from the door after Meesei explained. Sabine's behaviour was rather alien to him. After Meesei left, he cleaned up the tea set and spoke to his father. [i]"I will apologise to her later. I didn't mean to upset her."[/i]

Over in the common hut, Sabine was wrapped in her fur cloak, still with her heart and breathing maintaining a fast pace. Flashing back to her memories, as well as all of the eyes looking at her had completely scrambled her thoughts. It was the first panic attack she had experienced in a while. A wave of comfort washed over her when she felt Meesei's arms around herself. It was calming enough that her panic turned into a quiet sobbing. She wished she didn't have to be afraid, but she was always so close to the edge of it that she felt as if she had hardly any control. It was difficult just to be brave. Sabine stayed swaddled up for about five minuted before she lifted her head and motioned for Meesei to let go. Her eyes were red when she looked up at Meesei. Instead of staying quiet, she whispered to Meesei in a pleading tone, "I feel sick. I don't want to see memories again."