Rukeewei was quite understandably distracted as he shepherded the three girls from the street into the store. He was hardly able to give a glance towards Ariel before he had to stop, reach down, and grab something out of the youngest girl's hand. It looked to just be a broken piece of a ceramic pot, but he still tossed it out of the door regardless before closing it. [i]"No, you can't have this. No picking up things from the street; you have no idea where it's been."[/i] He said in Jel sternly, though not angrily.

Rukeewei was almost completely up to the counter before he was finally able to focus back on Ariel. [i]"Sorry, I'm a bit late. The girls were apparently hide and seek before I went to get them, so I had to..."[/i] He began, trailing off at the point where he finally took notice of everyone around him. [i]"Oh, Sabine! And everyone else it looks like. Or at least half of you. I knew you were coming at some point, but I didn't think it would be so soon. Um...hello."[/i] He added somewhat awkwardly, obviously having been caught off-guard.