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Incanthis paused as he got inside of the house, one hand resting on Junior's head, as he lifted the other one up to rest it over his heart. It had been a rather surprising day, hadn't it? He'd met up with his baby brother on the streets of Oba and he wasn't really sure how to feel about it. He was... well, happy of course, but at the same time the idea of him being in Oba was worrisome. He was just a little thing after all, seemingly innocent as well. He didn't want him to stay in a big city like Sulburi where he might very well find himself in over his head. Incanthis hoped that his meeting was one that was over and done with quickly so that he could return to Jauhar or Tale, either place was preferable in Incanthis's mind.

Junior gave a huffing sound to get Incan's attention, causing him to look down at the growing snaptrotter, "Ah! Yes, we were going to go and see if Abie wanted to accompany us on our second attempt at shopping, huh? We will have to see about doing that, hm?" Shaking his head a little he started forward, in search of the younger male. Here was hoping that he wasn't too upset with Incanthis taking so long and getting nothing of note accomplished. He'd been terribly distracted after all.

Incanthis looked around for a moment when he heard Abie's voice, spotting him under a one of his snaptrotters on the floor. Giving a little shake of his head he started forward, with Junior following him only until he reached Laqui before he stopped there seemingly to have a chat with his brother. Incanthis gave them a glance, making certain that they were getting along, before taking a knee next to Abie, "Are you alright? Nothing is getting crushed to much I hope?" He'd rather that Abie didn't end up to scratched up and beat up because he was letting the snaptrotters literally walk all over him.

Shifting again he sat down on the ground, lifting a hand to pat the growing female on the side, "I... umm... might not have gotten any of my shopping done... so I thought I would try again." Best to let him know. That way in case he went out alone again Abie wouldn't have to worry about him. He'd of gone straight to said shopping were it not for the fact that if his trip was too long that the younger Matorian might worry and he didn't want to be the cause of that worry.

"I... think it was a blessing from Seren, Abie. My... my baby brother found me while I was out shopping... I just..." He shook his head, unable to find the right words. Instead his voice seemed to be a bit hushed and rather shaky as well. It was so weird to meet with one of his brothers in general but more so to meet up with his baby brother. Lifting a hand to mess with his braid he said, "I... thought that... I would never see them again, that I didn't even deserve to see them again but... I got to see him."

Lifting his hands up he scrubbed his hands against his face, trying to keep his tears in check, "I was able to keep control of myself in front of him... I didn't want to look foolish but now... it's a bit tough." He muttered to Abie. The sound of him sniffling and trying to be grown up drew Junior away from Laqui and over to Incanthis so that he could nuzzle against him in a soothing manner.

Incanthis set to petting him before nodding to Abie, "Yes... If you wanted to come along I wouldn't mind... I like the company. No offense, Junior. You're good company, you just can't talk to me like Abie can."

Continuing to rub at his eyes he said, "I... it was a miracle... to find Issaly who is just the baby of the family. For him to come so far as this alone... well, not alone. Ah! My little brother... I told him if he wanted to that he could come along with us back as far as Tale... is that alright?"

Feeling a bit guilty he said, "My brother, Issaly, he has a snaptrotter of his own... maybe... one of your girls will hit it off with him?" Maybe if there was a good reason to travel with Issaly, one that would really interest Abie then maybe he wouldn't be upset with Incanthis handing out invitations?

"Eh? Oh... yeah. I made a list but... I got nothing from it." He said, focusing on that instead of the rest of his siblings. Issaly was just the baby of his family after all, he might forgive him but what of the others? Those who were older then Incanthis and therefore more likely to be dislike him for what he'd done in the past. He wanted to hope for the best but it was a sort of 'wait and see' situation at this point.

Incanthis lifted a hand so that he could stroke Abie's hair when the Matorian hid his face against Incan's shoulder. He gave him a smile and said, "Well... I thought maybe... the added incentive might soften the blow a little? This is your trip, Abie. It's meant to make you and your whelps stronger after all." He didn't want to step on the toes of Abie or his babies. Giving him a thoughtful look and giving a humming sound he said, "The snaptrotter was... well, his colors were lovely. I don't know about how powerful he might be because he wasn't the alpha from the looks of things. So... maybe introduce him to one of your nicer girls?" Or would he prefer a female that bossed him around? Incanthis really had no idea...

Giving a nod of his head he allowed Abie to help him back to his feet, flushing a bit at the kiss, "I... thank you. I really had hoped to get all the shopping done since I built up all my courage to go..." But more then one trip in one day, that was a bit much to do on his own. Even with Junior he wasn't sure how to go about it. Having Abie and likely Laqui would make things much easier.

At the mention of Aqio's friends and them being in a bad spot his face was instantly one of concern, "Is he alright? What happened? Should we look for him while we are out?"

Incanthis blinked slowly, his eyes filled to the brim with confusion about what Abie just said. Aqio's boyfriend got hurt which somehow in turn caused Aqio to get... locked away? Just the thought of that sent chills through him because he knew full well what it was like to be locked away. He gave a little sound in his throat and said, "He's... going to be alright, isn't he? I know I don't spend nearly as much time with him as I do you... but now I'm still worried."

Even if he wondered at times if maybe Aqio wasn't the biggest fan of him since he might seem as though he stole Abie's attention away from Aqio. Even if that were the case he still worried about him, now more then ever given he seemed to be caught up in some sort of mess. He felt that maybe they should be doing something for him but Abie seemed pretty adamant against it for reasons beyond his realm of understanding.

"Huh? Oh..." Lifting his hands he set to petting Abie's hair in a soothing manner, wondering why he seemed so upset at the moment, "We don't have to go if you aren't up to it, Abie." He said to him in a gentle manner.

Incanthis opened his mouth, about to tell him that he didn't want to wait so long to understand what was going on... but his mouth closed a moment later. He was never one to demand answers of others, meaning that he wouldn't be able to do so now either. Instead he merely nodded his head and said, "Yeah, let's go shopping then. We need to get all manner of things we need to get if we want to travel so far with so many growing whelps." It was easier when the task was traveling with a lot of little ones, but time had ended up passing, and the babies were growing bigger and bigger each day.

Digging into his pocket he got out the list, showing it to Abie, "I figured that one of the main things we are going to have to worry about is food. There is no certainty that we will be able to catch enough so we should get a lot of dried meat as a possible back up if we can't catch enough." Feeding the babies was important after all, at least until they were able to train them to catch food for themselves.

It was best to keep him in the dark so that he wouldn't getting dragged into whatever was going on? Such words only made him worry that much more about Aqio's situation. He wanted to ask more but Incanthis was a bit scared to do so, not wanting to be dragged away from Abie and into something scary. Abie said that he was being protective, that he didn't want to let others use Incanthis... and that was something Incanthis would prefer as well. He'd had enough of being used by people when he was younger. Enough to fill many life times.

"Ahh... yes, the usual vendor. I do apologize I was unable to do this on my own." He should have been able to, should have gone after he'd met with Issaly, but he didn't want to make anyone worry. If he was too late getting home Abie might have panicked. Especially given there was so much going on that Incanthis wasn't even aware of.

Glancing toward Abie for a moment he starred at him, then looked forward as he asked, "You're... you're sure that you want to leave now? Even with Aqio in trouble at the moment?"