Janius gave one last nod to Meesei before he watched the waves and looked inward. He became so still and focussed that the soft night breeze became unrecognisable. The options spun in his head until he listed them, weighing them up in a manner which looked into the future, both far and near. It was a strenuous exercise to keep track of it all, and by the end of it, the night had well and truly fallen.

There were a few different ways to go about the next course of action, all of them would risk some degree of pain, both for Kaleeth and Janius. Eventually, Janius found that the obvious solution to deal with these problems was not the one that would give him happiness in the long term, as Meesei said. What became the best solution was one that would risk much, and possibly hurt in the short term, but in the end would have the best set of possible outcomes.

Janius rose from his seat feeling stiff from being still for so long. He had to be careful heading back to camp in the dark. Although he wore a frown, he knew exactly what he needed to do. He went searching for Kaleeth, wherever she was. Hopefully she wasn't too worried. He was actually surprised that she didn't come looking for him after what felt like hours of thinking. Well, it might have been a shorter time than Janius thought.