Kaleeth was still none too eager to think about the possibility that Janius was suggesting. "He had [i]better[/i] not do anything with that girl. I don't care if it's what we ended up doing, I want our son to be better than we were." 

After a moment, Kaleeth shrugged. "But, maybe he is not even thinking about that. I might just be, um, how would I say it...putting my own worries onto his situation. They are two young and attractive Argonians, yes, but they really just met. They might realize in a few days that they have nothing in common at all. Even we spent more time together than that before we decided to run away together into the swamps."

It was hard to say that Kaleeth was settled on the topic, but it was not weighing as much on her as before. She took another long look off into the swamp before she was finally willing to change the subject. "You know? I do want to come back here, after everything with Vile is over. Not, um, forever or anything. Or without the pack, necessarily, but I would like to try to convince Meesei to bring us to Black Marsh for a while. If we end up not necessarily having to live in Blackreach anymore, if things get quieter, a change of scenery might be good for us. I would like to be able to come back here occasionally and visit everyone again. Ariel and Rukeewei too, in Thorn. Though, there is still that part of me that wonders if you are really happy being here. I know you say you are, but...is that [i]completely[/i] true? It's hot, and wet, and your skin isn't waterproof. I guess you don't have to worry about the diseases, at least. Though even more than you, I'm wondering for how long your beast spirit would tolerate it here. I know werewolves can be found in Black Marsh, but a swamp doesn't seem like a place a wolf would like. How agitated do you think it would end up getting?" 

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One detail that S'nashi quickly took note of was how Calia mentioned that Fendros had left abruptly. From all that she knew of him, his similarities to her daughter were hard to ignore. "So Fendros essentially ran from home as well? My, the two of them really [i]do[/i] have a lot in common, don't they?" S'nashi looked over towards the continuing archery competition. "I think Ahnasha got her competitive spirit from her father here. Even if she does...apply it in a different way. Regardless, watching the two of them now does really make me see that they are a wonderful match for each other. I do hope that the time she is able to have with him now will be something he will be able to carry with him for the rest of his years. She already seems to have found a way to give him a [i]beautiful[/i] wife for many years on. She is aging much more gracefully than I did. She's yet to tell me her secret. If I find that she's discovered some miracle ointment up in Skyrim, then I don't care how difficult it is or how much it would cost, I would simply [i]have[/i] to get some for myself."

Gwindir gave a chuckle. "Something tells me that my coinpurse should feel grateful that our daughter is being so tight-lipped." He added. Although, S'nashi had brought up a point that Calia might not have noticed, as Ahnasha's apparent youth may not have been immediately obvious to her. 

Among the group of archers, Ahnasha looked to Monderyn with her arms crossed, but not hiding the fact that she was impressed. "Well, well, I think I'm going to need to start taking this more seriously. I wasn't quite sure what kind of experience you would have, but it seems you will be able to give some real competition. After Rhazii has his turn, I think we should make it a real challenge. We'll focus on speed, but you still need to be accurate enough to at least hit the target, so...it will be one point for any hit on the target, no matter which ring you hit. We will have ten arrows to fire in, say, twenty seconds." 

True to her word, Ahnasha's suggestion would be quite a challenge. Having to average at an arrow every [i]two[/i] seconds while still hitting the target would be a difficult challenge for even for archers as experienced as they were.