[i]"My, that is better than I would expect from a Human. I might have been right about you after all. Zharan thinks I have lost my touch."[/i] Thorantilth replied. He bowed his head back in response to Janius, though did not shake his hand before walking back over to his alchemy tools, perhaps just out of unfamiliarity with the custom. He certainly was not showing anything aside from friendliness in any other respect. With a quick gust of frost magic, he staunched a flame that had been heating one of his concoctions in a large stone bowl, then poured some of its contents into two cups made from hardened clay. 

Kaleeth was already obviously much more relaxed, but was now starting to look guilty. [i]"I'm sorry for showing up here so suddenly, Thoran. I know you usually have a lot to do, especially when it comes time for the village to move. I hope we're not causing any trouble by interrupting you. What kind of a potion are you making?"[/i]

Thorantilth was silent at first, taking both cups and walking back over to the pair and offering one to both of them. [i]"Tea."[/i] He said simply, handing off the cups before taking a seat on one of the cloth mats on the floor. [i]"I have to assume you have already spoken with your father. So, what has you visiting me so soon?"[/i]

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"Um, okay, sure. I guess we'll put away our things and...actually, wait." Vasiq said after only one step. "Maybe you should wait, just a few minutes. Let me go put away our things, then I'll go down there and tell them that you're here. I think if I'm the one that tells them that you're here, then it won't be as likely that someone will make some kind of a scene in public. No screaming or anything. You know how excitable mother can get when she's in a good mood."

Ahnasha started to grin. "Yeah, I remember. Still, do you really think that's necessary? I mean, she never got [i]that[/i] crazy."

"I guess she did always hold back before, but now I think she's old enough that she realizes she can get away with it now. Just come down in five minutes or so. We'll be ready for you." Vasiq suggested. 

With a shrug, Ahnasha agreed and allowed Vasiq and Shevari to head down ahead of them to inform her parents. Meanwhile, she, Fendros, and Rhazii would just wait upstairs in the hallway until it was time to join them. 

Any anxiety that Ahnasha still had was at least less obvious now. She realized that her brother was probably one of the easier of her family to run into first, so she supposed they had been lucky. "It sounds like my mother is back to her old self. I remember she was somewhat subdued when we saw her in Leyawiin. She was probably overwhelmed after learning I was still alive. My brother does have a point; there would probably be some screaming if she suddenly saw us here."