"These are...lessons he has to learn. He can't just go through life thinking his actions won't have consequences, or that he can just ignore them if he doesn't like them. I'm not going to let him ruin his, and my, relationship with my family." Kaleeth replied, though she was mostly repeating the same points she had already made by this point, perhaps more to convince herself than to convince Janius. Julan did not yet even know that refusing the tattoos would be likely to cause such serious issues, so the argument she was making was purely hypothetical at the moment. 

Regardless, Kaleeth looked to be getting more worried the longer she thought about it. "Maybe we should go talk to him, before he brings it up to anyone else?" 

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Once everyone had been served, Shevari sat down beside her husband with her own soup and spiced melons, though she was eagerly answering Llarasa and Monderyn before starting on any of it. Ahnasha had seen Shevari as being somewhat shy up to this point, but Fendros' family certainly would not be getting that impression of her. "Indeed. Most of the ingredients for it are seaweed and vegetables. The stock is usually made with trodh, but luckily, the sardines we found in the market are none too different from trodh, at least for the purpose of making stock. That usually isn't the case for Argonian cuisine, sadly; if you can't find the proper sort of meat, there usually isn't a good substitute from elsewhere."

Gwindir, meanwhile, grinned and sipped from his own wine. "The Altmer do take great pride in any cultural achievement. And there is some merit to it, I would not deny, but...even their Dominion allies are quite aware of their habit of exaggeration. I've witnessed many a late-evening tavern argument between Altmer sailors and locals on that topic. And wine is a popular part of that argument. Though, I am curious, how widely is your wine distributed? Leyawiin isn't too many steps away along the trade routes, I certainly must have seen it before." He commented as he started to look over and see if he could recognize the markings on the wine bottle.