Sabine scrunched her eyes shut and went red in Karl's arms. She even mouthed denial through a pained grin. Her normal complexion returned and her shoulders lowered when Meesei did not follow through. The earlier story that was told, however, did make her hold her head back and laugh.

"So that was why they called them 'wild women,'" Lunise said with a small smile.

"Meesei was more wild than me at times," Sabine claimed. She righted herself and shot a grin at Meesei. "When we went to Thorn for the first time, we were in a clothing shop. Do you remember? You picked something out and then walked into a changing room with Janius still using it. I was distracted at the time but Ariel told me about it. You made the shopkeeper and Ariel think that you and Janius were mates." Sabine struggled not to laugh, even though she knew less about changing rooms at the time than Meesei did. "You did not know how they worked, did you?"

Lunise, though her smiling lips were pursed shut, allowed a silent laugh through her nose. Meesei was in enough contact with her to notice her navel pulsing in whatever laughter she was hiding.

"I hope you were not thrown out of town for that," Karl said.

Sabine shook her head. "We were not. It was fortunate."