"H-Honestly, after your parents came along everything was fine!" the musician said with a smile, "I wasn't sure where to go though until I was called, so I made the mistake of wandering. I... I do apologize for that, it wasn't my intention to cause problems, I just got lost." The palace here was smaller than the one he was familiar with, but not by much, and the layout completely different. It was a small wonder he'd even made it as far as the city limits on his own, and actually had it not been for the guards he'd have missed the entrance to the Lower City entirely. To that end he was grateful, even if the manhandling might leave him a bit skittish until they leave the kingdom. Hearing the way that T'charrl spoke the musician couldn't help but snicker, quickly covering his mouth before smiling apologetically. "I'm sorry... You and your family are just very casually for royalty. Then again so is our King, so I imagine you'll get along just fine!" he mused, "Royal things, idle chatter, I'm sure he won't mind what you talk about. It's very hard to get on his bad side and he's a friendly man, everyone in the kingdom loves him. Sadly I think he's one of the few rulers left nowadays who open outsiders with open arms. Maybe we'll get back to that someday though, I would love to travel more..."

It was unlike Shu to be so drowsy this early, or even if it were late for that matter; getting Shu to sleep was one of the greatest challenges Takeshi faced, albeit not for the reasons he thought. All he could see at face value was the little guy was worn down, and that warranted giving him a helping hand. They had only a few minutes at most before they got to Katas' building, but he figured it would still be a nice gesture to let Shu take a piggyback the rest of the way there. Smiling approvingly as his brother agreed he got in front of Shu, letting him clamber up before slipping his arms under his legs. Good thing the little guy was just that, little, otherwise it would be awkward trying to carry him. "Shu... We really need to do something about that, you know?" Takeshi asked rhetorically as he glanced back, "It's something that can be fixed, and I'm sure you want it to go away. You can't tell me waking up every night and having to crawl into bed next to me over a nightmare is fun." He kind of wanted to keep to separate beds, just because Shu had a tendency to roll around constantly even before the nightmares began. If he needed to be there now and again to help then that was fine, but it wasn't healthy for him to act as a sort of safety tool, they were better off facing and dealing with the issue. Heh, he'd been listening to Vegeta way too much to think of that. "When we get back tonight we'll talk to Vegeta, okay buddy? I'll be right there with you."