With curled lips, Tunxeek's eyes were fixated on the magic in Meesei's hand while she explained. Her preference seemed rather wide-sweeping as far as magic went, but he supposed that at her level of knowledge, she had an understanding of it that encompassed all of magic's uses.

Tunxeek slowly put his head back, draining the remaining tea in his cup. He blinked a few times at the life detection effect until it passed again. "I do not think I am at that kind of point yet. I do not know if I ever will be." He shrugged, then looked at Sabine. "And you, Sabine? Do you know magic?"

Sabine's eyes darted from the floor in front of her to Tunxeek, almost in surprise, then slowly back to the floor. "I can... do enchantment. And soul trap. That is all."

"Ah, I always struggle to enchant things. I am no good at it." Tunxeek proclaimed with a smile.

At this, there was a moment of silence where Sabine felt somewhat unsure. It was reflected in the corner of her mouth twitching slightly as she nibbled on the inside of her mouth. Slowly, she looked up at Tunxeek and spoke quietly, "I could... show you how. I could help."

"Well um, okay. Thank you, er..." Tunxeek wasn't really expecting any help, but it was a nice surprise he supposed, "I have to go to father for lessons soon, but maybe afterwards?"

Still unsure, Sabine looked around the floor, then back up at Tunxeek and nodded.

"In fact, I should probably go right now. Father is probably wondering where the cups and teapot is by now." Tunxeek proceeded to gather up the empty utensils, "I can get some soul gems from father and meet you in... a few hours, yes?" He looked at them both and smiled as he stood up. "I will see you soon, then. Rest well, Sabine. Thank you both." With that, Tunxeek walked out of the hut in a small hurry.

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Fendros smiled widely with pursed lips and nodded reassuringly. "I think I'll be fine for another couple of minutes," he said, trying to take his mind off the discomfort.

With a raised eyebrow, Janius looked at Kaleeth and breathed a short chuckle through his nose at her forwardness. "Feeling a little more direct today, are we?" He replied, keeping his voice down below the range of Fendros and Ahnasha nearby. He wished he could put his arms around Kaleeth in turn, but both of his arms were occupied supporting the hatchling. Janius settled for facing his head forward and leaning it against Kaleeth's. "Very well, which did you want to do first?"

Despite barely thirty seconds passing after Fendros' previous reassurance, he decided to rest his limbs and relax from his pose for a moment. With a look of sly curiosity, he walked around and behind Ahnasha, kneeling down. He slowly put his arms around her and looked over her shoulder at the canvas. From what she had done, Fendros could see that she had progressed in skill quicker than he would have thought. "Is my head really that big?" Fendros said in a deliberately melodramatic tone. By his smile he was merely having a jab at Ahnasha for fun, but in his mind he was impressed by the accuracy of the proportions.