While Peiter may have had preconceptions about Gallus' night, Gallus himself seemed confused by his reaction. Gallus lowered his brow and spoke, "Huh, I didn't know that you were informed of my mission." Gallus dismissed it with a wave of his arm, "Well, there's no harm in knowing now, I suppose. Yes, I was out of the stronghold for most of last night. Meesei recommended that I get a good rest but..." Gallus loudly stretched, "...time's wasting. I need to get something to eat."

"Um," Sabine leaned slightly to one side, "When are you going to talk to Tzirret?"

"Soon enough, soon enough," Gallus reassured. "And Peiter? Thank you for letting me know about all this."

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Tzirret took a breath to speak, but stopped suddenly as he processed La'tahne's words. Regardless of what the gardener meant by it, Tzirret moved on with nothing more than and errant glance.

"Uh, yes, everyone is getting ready to march out." Tzirret seemed to deflate very slightly, "This one is going as well. He...wants to help but everyone thinks he should stay." Tzirret sighed and looked down, "This one has got braver lately, but everyone still thinks that he is too cowardly to help his friends."