"Also consider that you do have quite a bit of time to convince them." Ahnasha added. "There is no reason for this to be your last time speaking with them. You may not be able to live with them, but letters, visits, all of those are perfectly possible for now. Even if they are infrequent. Your mother has known you are alive for less than an hour. Her opinions seem more likely to be swayed in time. I will say that I am not comfortable outright lying, but that is your choice. If I can find the method to extend my life without necromancy, that would give you even more time." She said, being sure to specifically mention that she could avoid necromancy for the task for the sake of Monderyn. Technically, the research she had conducted so far did suggest that it might be possible to extend one's life without the use of necromancy. If so, it would be much more difficult, so the majority of mages did not consider that approach, and she had not been pursuing it either. 

Ahnasha gave a light sigh as another thought came to mind. "You know, we met a Dunmer not all that long ago that your parents kind of remind me of. She was a lycan like us, but also a very traditional Dunmer. Her name was Irenya. Things could not have been more tense between me and her on the way to Elsweyr. She did not mind working with Khajiit; there was even a Khajiit in her pack, but she did not like that me and Fendros were together, probably for the same kinds of reasons as your mother. There were a few arguments between us. Then, something happened with her while we were in Elsweyr. We met with an entire clan of Khajiit which...is a long story, but the important part is that the way they treated her changed her. They weren't what she was expecting. There was a little cub in particular that really got to her, I believe. By the end of it all, she had apologized to me for everything." Ahnasha lowered her head. "I wish she was around to speak to Calia. I wish your mother would agree to see her grandson."

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Meesei nodded in agreement with Janius. "Maybe part of her hoped to be found? She does ascribe to an Orcish sense of honor, and her departure left her crimes unanswered. Or, perhaps she simply did not have the means to more far with the child. In any case, we now know that she is no longer an issue to us. Perhaps it would have been more just to simply kill her, but I saw no practical purpose in it."

Lorag, at this point, refused to say anything further on the subject. "I should get back to work. Daggers still need sharpened."