The way La'khay had been helping Tzirret made a lot more sense with her explanation. It was nice to hear that his errant thoughts about the possibility of being manipulated or La'khay being a strange person for wanting to bed him were not so probable. He even managed a weak smile with her well wishing.

La'khay's turn from matronly to salacious caused Tzirret to lower his smile and widen his eyes in surprise, but not exactly in paralysed shock like normal. [i]"Huh? La'khay is? This one thought he only had one chance..."[/i] His disbelief lasted only a moment as he scrunched his face apprehensively, [i]"Is it okay if Tzirret can try...taking his time? Maybe if he does not rush, he will do better?"[/i] Tzirret glanced between La'khay's face and his hands, he didn't quite believe that he was even in this situation, [i]"Or...perhaps La'khay could...teach Tzirret some things?"[/i]

In his honesty, Fendros was actually surprised that Ahnasha's first protest was with security. Fendros felt as though he was breaching her trust by not telling her until now, but he had been careful about it. Fendros let Colours finish and waved him off, then responded calmly. "I used an alias, I revealed nothing about our location or headings, I revealed nothing sensitive," Fendros lifted a hand to console Ahnasha, "There's nothing to worry about there. I just..." Fendros withdrew his hand and rubbed his wrist, "...I felt as if it would put more pressure to go and show everything to mother and father if I let everyone know about the letters. We've already talked about why I don't want to do that, but...with your family, I saw how much they appreciated seeing you alive, and...it got me thinking about trying something similar." Fendros took a step and faced sideways to Ahnasha, taking a deeper breath, "But, I have no idea how I would approach them. I don't think I could walk in the same way as you did."