Following Tzirret's lead, Ma'tanza leaned closer to him and allowed her head to rest on his shoulder, though her tone was still simply a friendly one. "S'nishi? Eh, not really. She likes to play jokes every now and then, but not ones like Bheja. She's just...oh what is that word? [i]Stoic.[/i] She also isn't easily shamed, it's just that she doesn't go out of her way to embarrass others with it. Honestly though, she was probably laughing on the inside earlier."

Ma'tanza gave a brief chuckle as her grin became more thoughtful. "Bheja can go a bit too far with his jokes sometimes, but he is a very kind person. He loves his friends just like they are family, and he'll do anything for them. M'ibasa's nightmares have started getting worse recently; we think he is about to have his first transformation soon. Not long before you all arrived, M'ibasa was too afraid to get to sleep, so Bheja sat next to his bedroll, told him stories, and even sang him a little song, for a full three hours one night. All without even being asked, and without asking for anything in return."

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Ri'vashi looked down, lightly rubbing the pommel of her weapon with a single claw, as if to attempt to distract herself from her thoughts. "The problem isn't that Ri'vashi is angry, or offended at Dro'cahi's objections to her authority...it's that she fears he is right."

The Cathay turned away and started walking back towards the weapon racks, but stopped as she passed through one of the sand pits. Looking down at her feet, she ran her toes through the sand as she let out a sigh. "Father must have saw something in Ri'vashi. That is what her friends and confidants told her when she was appointed. He never did anything without reason. This one just needs to find what he saw."

Turning back to Gallus, Ri'vashi planted the tip of her weapon in the sand and gave him a brief nod. "Say, would you like to pick up a practice blade and join this one for a bout?"