Kaleeth's outburst came as a surprise to Janius. He could only sit and watch while she shouted, but her words informed enough to Janius to realise that he was going about this the wrong way. Kaleeth felt that she would be deluding herself by believing that there was hope for her. Once she lay back down, Janius stayed seated for a while, thinking. It took several minutes before he realised that he needed some space to process this.

Janius slowly got up, filled his lungs with air, then walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Once the latch shut, he shut his eyes and sighed, whispering to himself, "You have no idea how much I care, Kaleeth."

From then on, Janius spent time pondering on this problem. He spent time walking around the Xanmeer and doing his own training routines, and kept on thinking in a chair in one of the separate rooms. His demeanour seemed distracted and distant for the rest of the day.