Peiter's excuse caused Sabine to smile knowingly and put an arm around him for a small, quick hug with the sides of their bodies pressed together. That only left S'nishi to figure out that Tzirret's sudden departure was not what he said it was, but at this point it was fairly easy to work out.

Despite concluding to only regard Ma'tanza as a friend just a moment before, Tzirret's chest tightened up a little at Bheja's words. What happened next left him stunned, but for an entirely different reason. Tzirret stood still, looking at Bheja's back, trying to piece together how a relationship between a Suthay and a Senche-raht had even started, let alone how it otherwise worked.

Sabine was surprised as well, but she could see the intimacy between them seemed genuine. She came to her senses much sooner and called out with a wave, "It was nice to meet you, Bheja!"

"S-see you later!" Tzirret managed on cue, his eyes wide as he turned to S'nishi's face, then to Ma'tanza's, then to S'nishi's again. "Right! Um..." Tzirret cleared his throat, deciding to leave the whirling questions he had for later. He faced Ma'tanza to answer, surprisingly not having as much trouble with looking at her in the eyes, at least this time. "Tzirret is unfamiliar with a 'bored' game, as you say. If it is named because it is meant to be boring, he...guessed he would not mind watching magic."

"You are mistaken, Tzirret," Sabine said with a laugh, "From what Ma'tanza described, it is not a boring game, it is a game that is played with a wooden board."

"Oh," Tzirret said with his ears decreasing slightly in embarrassment. The only board games he knew where to do with sledding in the mountain snow back home. "Well, this one still does not know what it is. Tzirret does not mind, either way."

"I would be interested in a magic contest. But, what do you want to do, Peiter?" Sabine asked. Making sure not to leave her out, Sabine looked to S'nishi as well. Hopefully the pieces would be big enough for her to join in if they played a board game. "And you, S'nishi?"