[i]"Er, m-maybe La'khay could speak of that another time,"[/i] Tzirret stammered. He looked up to try and find Gallus. He could just see him nearing the canopy, he would be several minutes longer. Tzirret looked to La'khay and tried to think of a question that didn't involve the physical aspects. It was difficult given the thoughts whizzing through his mind in that moment. He spoke a little more comfortably now, if only because he felt he could trust La'khay, [i]"If Tzirret comes to La'khay's clan and likes a girl, how would he proceed? He would imagine to tell her, but he is...too scared to."[/i]

"Okay, Ahna?" Fendros sighed, his tone rather guilty at this point, "This is going to sound stupid, because it was, okay? I should have let you know right from the beginning, I'm sorry. At the start, it was like I said, I didn't really want to have another discussion about going to see them. Between raising Rhazii and the sessions with Najirra, I wanted to avoid it." Fendros closed his eyes and rubbed a temple, "The thought crossed my mind to tell you a few months in, but I...never got around to it. By the time I knew I should, I knew you would be angry anyway. I realised it would be even less fair to keep the secret after you saw your family, so..." Fendros brought his temple rubbing hand across in a slow cutting motion, "Here we are."