Takeshi was borderline wanting to dope-slap Shu, totally missing the point his brother was trying to teach him a lesson with this. Or he could be, either that or the little guy was just being a pain. Either way he wasn't having very much fun anymore, shooting the younger boy a dirty look before looking down at his plate. Seriously, it was just calling someone fat, it's not like he'd insulted her fricken mother or anything. What was that about scary noises in the night? Eh, there were things he didn't like but the dark was never one of those, and anything that made noise in the night was usually an animal; animals were for eating, predator or prey he didn't care, meat was meat. Shu could play the frightened little boy all he wanted but Takeshi wasn't going to say he was afraid of any noises, that was just silly. Besides, he'd been fighting things as long as he could remember, so being young or little or whatever wasn't really an excuse for him. "I guess that's what you get for living in the jungle like a monkey," he remarked callously, shrugging his shoulders. It certainly wasn't Shu's fault for where he'd grown up and he knew it, but being annoyed right now he didn't much care. "If you grew up in a house or whatever then you'd not be afraid of things like that, you know? Besides, I'd think living in the wild would make you tougher."

"People are going to be afraid of new things, that's in our nature. It'll be up to you to show them there's no reason to be afraid," Eslaria explained with a smile, "They might be intimidated, or fear for their safety, but you'll need to show that while you have the power you're not going to do anything bad with it. All they need is a little reassurance, not too hard is it?" This was provided they went a more passive route, something that the Queen admittedly was a touch skeptical about. Swaying the minds of a large number of people without something really powerful to drive the point home was tricky, even more so when you weren't using some show of power. She supposed that mindset was a relic of old ways though, and she was every bit a part of that as Garesh had been. Her husband had a decent idea, and while probably the safest way of approaching things it still wasn't going to be easy. Furrowing her brow Eslaria folded her arms, trying to think of who they might be able to rely on for this plan. "I can think of a few, though we haven't spoken in a few years now. No doubt they're every bit as suspicious about us as the others are, but they may at least be willing to hear us out. I could always send a message back, with that..." she began, pausing as she frowned and looked around the dining room, "Weren't we expecting that musician to come and play?"

Yumi couldn't help but pout when Viral went and shot down the idea entirely, having hoped she might spark a little something in him. She swore he'd had fun with her and Vegeta, so why wouldn't he enjoy some other kids? Not only was he against the notion of raising a child but by the sounds of it he was completely put off by it, going on a small rant about why it wasn't going to happen. Maybe she had been wrong in assuming he enjoyed it, as the way he spoke it sounded more like an obligation or job. To be fair it didn't make very much sense to Yumi, Viral's situation. Frowning she settled back down and crossed her legs, looking over at the Beastman curiously. "I've been thinking... So you did... What you did, and they put you to sleep for a while. Even if Vegeta woke you up they could have put you back to sleep again, but they didn't. Considering what happened I would think they would, instead they let you stay around two little kids..." Scratching at her head for a moment she glanced back at Viral, smiling apologetically before shaking her head. "Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy you were around, I wouldn't trade it for anything. But do you see what I'm getting at? There was every reason for you not to be taking care of us, and I really doubt that's what Aito planned, but you did it. So that's kind of got me wondering if someone at Capsule Corp tried setting things up?" She wasn't going to voice the last bit, but the thought that crossed her mind sent a shiver down her spine. Viral had killed Aito and June, they all knew that now and in retrospect could have met the same fate. What if someone had tried seeing to that by letting him stay out? And it was only by good fortune they had been spared?