Julan started to rub the back of his neck. [i]"I, um, we're not really friends. I mean, not that we can't be friends, but we all just...met."[/i] He said, looking as awkward as he was sounding. The boy on the log looked too surprised about Janius actually speaking Jel to pay much attention to Julan, but the girl who had been questioning Julan looked up at him with an almost ravenous sort of curiosity. She had dark, somewhat violet scales, and looked to be somewhere within a year of Julan's age. 

[i]"You're his father? Is that really true, though? I mean, how can a Human be the father of a Saxhleel?"[/i] The girl asked. 

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"It's alright." Ahnasha said without hesitation. "That was the whole point of this: to deal with those feelings now, with me, so that you aren't really in any danger."

Ahnasha sat herself down in front of Rhazii. She seemed mostly relaxed, but her twitching ears and occasional glances into the forest showed that she was still reasonably alert. "If you want to talk, we can take as much time as you need. There is still plenty of time before we need to be back in the city."