A smile rose on Gallus' face. "I will do what I can. The clan will be better off before this is all over."

Gallus leaned to step away, but stopped and addressed Dro'cahi again. He realised in his rush to get a solution that he didn't really know him much better as a person. "Before I see to this, we have a bit of time, perhaps you could tell me a bit more about your role in this clan. You were a good friend of the previous leader, correct?"

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Knowing La'khay, Sabine was not exactly shocked by the suggestion. She laughed in good nature as if it was a joke.

The pause that followed brought a twinge of doubt to Sabine's grin. That twinge evolved into a turning of her head slightly from La'khay. "Do you mean that?" She asked uneasily. "That is...not something I am comfortable doing, La'khay." Sabine didn't notice until now that she had involuntarily begun folding her shoulders forward nervously and rubbing her upper arm.