Again, Calia remained neutral through Ahnasha's response. She remained silent for a few seconds, not showing signs of whether she was processing a negative reaction or merely thinking. When she finally spoke, it was brief and neutral. "Good. Now, I have yet to meet the rest of your companions. And, of course, the child."

"Very well," Llarasa nodded to Janius and Kaleeth. She knelt down to look at both the children at eye level. "In that case, I would be be honoured to call you both my nephews."

"What's a nephews?" Rhazii asked through his mouthful.

Janius chuckled and reached down to pull the tail from Rhazii's mouth. "A nephew is your brother's or sister's child, Rhazii."

"But Newt doesn't have a child!" Rhazii complained, his ears leaning back slightly in confusion.

"That's right, but Llarasa here is your daddy Fendros' sister." Janius prodded Rhazii on his nose. "That makes her and Newt your nephews, and it makes her your aunty, boys."

Llarasa giggled and stood up. "Well, I should greet the others as well. Perhaps we might chat later?" Llarasa turned and waved down someone behind them all. "Hello there Sabine, don't think you can get away from me!" The conversation between the two of them started off easily. "It has been so long! I can see you have grown as well, you look lovely today."

Monderyn was still having a bit of trouble. "Mhm, I...have already been surprised. By Ahnasha, that is. She seemed to think very little of it." He itched at the back of his neck. "I had best not hold up the ceremony. Fendros?"

Sensing his continued discomfort, Fendros decided to cut his brother some slack for now. "Alright, well, the others are looking forward to meeting you as well. We'll finish the rounds and chat more after the ceremony."

Various greetings and small talk filled the relatively small temple for the next half an hour. The priest knew the schedule, but stayed behind without imposing.

Monderyn did his best to meet the others in a respective manner, but seemed particularly uncomfortable around Meesei and the children. He knew Ahnasha well enough by now that he did not seem quite as distant when speaking to her, but it remained that he had to be encouraged to participate most of the time.

On the other side of the coin, Llarasa spoke with everyone happily. The many things she had heard about from the letters meant that she never ran out of talking points. She especially built a rapport with Rhazii and Newt, who still had a little trouble grasping the difference between 'aunt' being used to describe Llarasa as opposed to Kaleeth or Ahnasha.

In the middle was Calia, gliding between the various guests with either Fendros or Monderyn on her arm to guide her around. The emotional mother that had received Fendros yesterday had been completely replaced with an experienced woman guarded by courtly manners. The only time where this facade was interrupted was with regards to Newt and Rhazii. She grinned and gave them a similar treatment with her hands as she had given Ahnasha. Rhazii and Newt found her a little strange at first, but eventually warmed up to the kind heart she was showing them. She was sure to tell Ahnasha and Fendros afterwards just how beautiful a child Rhazii was.

Calia's approach to the others were in the capacity of friends to Fendros. As such, she did not bombard them with severe questions and demands as she had Ahnasha. If anyone was given anywhere near to that scrutiny, it was Meesei. Being the leader of their 'travelling group' gave Meesei the responsibility to watch over Fendros almost as much as Ahnasha. In the end, it was not a challenge for Meesei to withstand Calia; even Fendros' mother could not offer as much of a challenge as ancient vampires, let alone daedric princes.

The time was nigh for the ceremony eventually. The signal that they should probably start soon was the strong potion of fire shield that the priest handed to Ahnasha with a politely cleared throat.