"Hey, don't be ashamed, I understand," Janius cooed, "You have been learning about your beast spirit. That's always a good thing." He was a little confronted by what Kaleeth said, but the last thing he wanted to do was to make her feel as if she had done something wrong. Still, if it was as serious as she was implying, then he wanted to help. "We...could try the rope, if you feel you need it. It..." Janius let out the rest of his breath, still a bit unsure. "I don't know, do you feel as if you might transform? How hard did it want to fight? I can't know whether the rope would be strong enough to hold you, even if you don't transform. In any case, I trust you not to seriously injure me." Janius was not completely sure where he was going. He was clearly out of his element, but he did not seem too nervous to do away with the idea completely.

Sabine sat silently for a while, thinking on what Peiter said. She had to recount the times during the war that she had killed. There were plenty, but she never had the same reservations as Peiter did. No times, except perhaps when she killed guards while searching for Fendros and Ahnasha after they had been captured in Black Marsh. She breathed in and gave a response. "It is...not nice killing people, Peiter. It is never nice. Most people I have killed, they have wanted to kill me or my family or my friends. Sometimes, though, there are people that exploit others to stand between us and them. It is not nice killing those people either, but...the best we can do is not be like our enemies. We should never exploit people like that. Even in a war." Sabine bowed her head and closed her eyes, "I hate this war."

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[i]"Um...this one is unsure."[/i] Tzirret curled his lips and licked his teeth for a moment, [i]"We will definitely be staying at Orcrest until Meesei leads the attack on the stronghold, but...Tzirret does not know if he will be going with them to fight."[/i] Tzirret's eyes went down and up, [i]"It depends on what Gallus wants. One of the reasons that my pack was needed on this journey was to help watch over Newt and Rhazii, the children. Tzirret might have to be one of the people who does that."[/i]

The next thought brought a deep sigh to Tzirret's lips. He lowered his head, but the darkness hid the other visual cues of his sadness. After the counter strike and possibly helping the Senchal clan to resettle, he would most likely be going home to Bruma, away from Ma'tanza. [i]"A break would be nice, he thinks,"[/i] he added, trying not to think that far into the future.