Gallus wasn't about to start bothering Peiter about his relationship with Sabine. Even if Peiter's words were contradicted by his actions, Gallus knew that it would do no good to sort it out for them.

"If you say so," Gallus said with a nonchalant shrug. He began to walk back to camp, but stopped to put a hand on Peiter's shoulder. "One last thing, Peiter. Thank you for speaking with me. I can see you've been patient and I know it's hard."

With that, Gallus removed his hand from Peiter's shoulder and caught Tzirret's and Uthri's eyes on the way back. He had nearly reached the centre of the camp when he lifted an arm to beckon his pack. "Tzirret, Uthri? Time for a quick huddle, if you please."

Tzirret lifted his eyes and dropped what he was doing to follow Gallus. He exchanged unsure looks with Peiter and Uthri. He didn't know what the huddle was about, exactly. Uthri was in a similar state, but did not look at all distressed.

Gallus didn't lead the pack as far out as he did Peiter. They were merely at the edge of the camp; not so far as to be private from the others, but enough to be separate from them. Gallus sat himself down cross-legged and Tzirret did the same.

"Alright, well, time to get started," Gallus said, staring at the sand in front of him. He took a moment to consider how much background he would give, but for the sake of getting the hard fact out of the way, he gave everyone something to react to. "I'll not be staying in Bruma for long after we get back. I'll be travelling somewhere alone."

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Sabine listened on while continuing to stare at her knees. She blinked a few times with the blame she put on herself, in spite of Meesei stating that she shouldn't. Still, Meesei's advice seemed sound. Sabine simply spent a moment in silence trying to think of a way to spend time with Peiter that wouldn't seem forced. It was not the most obvious thing to answer, but Sabine nodded anyway. "I will try," she said without much hope in her voice.

Sabine didn't move for a few moments. She eventually spoke up in a mumble. "What if he stays this way?"