Gallus returned Ri'vashi's look with a sad smile. Seeing her at her wits end like this was not what he expected, so he didn't have immediate advice to give. Somewhat awkwardly, he extended his hand to her upper arm again and gave it a comforting rub. Seeing a big Cathay in tears and an imperial barely half her mass trying to comfort her must have held some measure of ridiculousness to an onlooker.

"Hey. It's...frustrating, I understand," Gallus began, trying to sound consoling. "Look, it might be easy to say it's obvious, but the fact is, you have to practice this, just like anything else." Gallus nodded to Ri'vashi's sword, "You weren't born with the sense of how to use that obviously now, were you?"

Gallus looked away uneasily. It was hard to think of things that would have likely not being suggested by Dro'cahi already. In light of that, Gallus decided to test the path ahead. "Um. Hm. Has Dro'cahi ever offered to help you to learn? The ways of leading people, that is."

This was a long day but Gallus suspected that it would only get longer.

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Relieved that La'khay's curiosity had been sated for now, Sabine stood up and did as she said. She sat herself down carefully across Peiter's lap and put an arm around him. Inquisitively, she ran a hand over his now groomed chest and leg. She couldn't help but giggle at the novelty.

"See, I told you it would look good," Sabine murmured to him. She hooked one arm slowly around his chin and over his head before laying a kiss on his cheek. "You are royalty now, Peiter."

Sabine then refocussed and tried to get comfortable. She wasn't exactly sure which pose she should pick but she settled for keeping her arms loosely around her neck and leaning the side of her head on his neck just under the side of his jaw. "Are you comfortable?" Sabine asked Peiter before glancing to La'khay, "Is this good?"