Fendros gave Janius a small smile in an effort to relax his apparent seriousness. "If anything, a good way to look at this is how relatively benevolent Hircine has been so far. Or at least benign. Apart from turning people into lycans against their will." Fendros' smile went down as his point seemed to dissolve on its own. "Anyway, it's not as if we're gaining favour for torture and domination, like Molag Bal, or something less sane."

In response, Janius almost laughed, but only managed a wry smile. "I suppose that is an upside, yes," he conceded.

Soon afterwards, the subjects of conversation shifted onwards at a steady flow. The talking continued for a short while after everyone had finished breakfast, including mostly lighter matters and last-minute questions about the children. However, before long, it was time to get ready to leave. Thanks and commendation was given to Jo'rashaad for the nice meal and the group decided to meet up once more before marching out to say their goodbyes.

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Bringing her arms around his back, Sabine returned the kiss in kind. She was so absorbed in it that she didn't even notice Peiter's shirt until he pointed it out. Her eyes widened for a moment and she let out an embarrassed laugh. "Sorry," she said in response, letting go of Peiter so he could fix the issue, "I am still waking up."

As for La'khay, Sabine looked to the door with a curious frown. "Hmm. She must be working very hard on the painting," Sabine said with an almost oblivious tone of voice. "I hope it has not been too much trouble for her. At least La'tahne has been keeping her company." Sabine's mouth twitched with an amusing thought before she smiled brightly and reached out to take Peiter by the hand, "Let us go."