Ariel finished her tea and placed her cup down, shaking her head. "No, that won't be an issue. I've never been one for pets and, even then, it's hard to source anything in Thorn short of a little bird." Ariel squinted one eye. "I had a customer who brought in a pet parrot once. Noisy creature, that."

While the excitement of catching up with her sister was still there, Sabine did not want to keep any more secrets than she had to. She looked to Meesei and mumbled. "Meesei, we should ask about the gas."

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Gallus closed his eyes for a moment, and then turned to look at Najan. "It is not a simple matter, Najan-Ja. I'm afraid that the treatment requires the context of the events that happened. I would ask that you would bear with me."

Turning back to Yizan-Lei, Gallus continued. "We did stop them. Unfortunately, in the capture, Dar-Tzesa suffered a terrible wound. That wound killed her after several days." Gallus had his eyes turned away and blanked his expression at the memory of real events. He needed to spare Yizan those or else get thrown out on the spot. "I was the one who interrogated the cultists. Dar-Tzesa, in chains, had all but given up hope. I did not need to trick her or hurt her any further for her to tell me what happened. And about why she came. About you."

Gallus shifted to lean on one knee. "Now, I have sons of my own. I knew that the pain she was in was not just her wound. Before she died, I promised her that I would make sure you were looked after, that you wouldn't be alone and that I would help you in whatever way I could." Gallus looked down and up. "I was heartened to see that your family here has been caring for you. However, Dar-Tzesa may have unwittingly found something to help your condition."

Taking a breath and standing up straight, Gallus spoke to Najan-Ja and the female Argonian directly. "Najan-Ja. You and your...wife, you are Yizan-Lei's guardians? What Dar-Tzesa found is not something to take lightly, even in the state her son is in now. Unless you think I should tell Yizan-Lei here right now, I would like to speak to you two about it privately so that you might help Yizan-Lei's decision."

Gallus did not deliberately call it a cure at this point. He knew that Yizan-Lei would take anything, so convincing his aunt and uncle would take a different approach, if they deemed it necessary.