Janius smiled. Perhaps it was only he who thought the situation was as serious as it was. It was at least reassuring against his guilt. Ahnasha's advice was useful as well. There were more possible ways open to him if he tried to reason with the Master-Hunter without trying to change his beliefs. Still, Kaleeth-Rei was the one who knew her father the most, perhaps she had some ideas.

"Do you think that might work, Kaleeth?" Janius looked to Kaleeth-Rei, now with a bit more hope than before, "What kind of things might your father believe that would clash with trying to do anything harmful? You mentioned something last night about the teachings of the Hist, what do they teach in this regard, exactly?"

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Tunxeek looked down at the equipment and nodded. "Okay. Do you need any help? I can-" Tunxeek started to reach forward.

"Go away!" Sabine shouted into Tunxeek's face. She had a stressed and upset face and her eyes dug into Tunxeek with frustration.

Recoiling from Sabine's explosive reaction with a frightened face, Tunxeek looked back at her silently. "S-sorry, I did not want to..." Sabine's look hade him so uncomfortable that he started to get up. "I will leave you alone," he said with some sadness. Tunxeek quietly exited the common hut with his head hung forward. He took one last look over to Sabine from the door and saw that she had resumed her work. He left feeling upset and rejected, but he knew that Sabine had her own issues.

From then on, Sabine seemed even more worked up as she prepared her potions. The stamina potion came out fine and in a short amount of time, but the strength potion seemed to be eluding her more. She eventually got it done, but not in a relaxed way. On a couple of occasions, she accidentally cut her finger, only adding to the stress.