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Lillian listened intently to Aphismet, hanging upon his every word as she soaked what he was saying up like a sponge. There were still unanswered questions but atleast now she had gotten the ones that had racked her brain answered. The teen and even Tyson laughed at the idea of taking the troublmakers soul.

"If we didn't have to dispose of a body nor deal with the cops it sounds like a good idea to kill two birds with one stone." Before Aphismet thought they would become murderers, Lillian quickly followed her sketchy words with a reassuring, "Joking!"

Tyson nodded alongside Lillian, as his questions were answered. It didn't sit well with him that their raevan may not have any powers. Yet there were still heroes who didn't have powers who still made a difference, Batman for example, or the masked man from Gambino Isle.

"Um...S'cuse me but...Aphi, where is your bathroom?" The tyke asked before anymore of Lil's boring questions were brought to light. But before Aphismet could give him an answer Tyson was already hurrying out of the kitchen and down the nearest hall. "Nevermind!" He called back as he retreated, "I can find it on my own!"

Lillian bit her lower lip as she asked herself the same question. She cast her eyes down upon her lap where her thumbs were battling it out. "Well...we've both been pretty good. Alex has been coming over a lot now, it's pretty nice having some company. Um, Mom and Dad sent us this huge gargoyle statue which we've been trying to put on the roof..."

She couldn't help herself and laughed at the fact that they hadn't been able to get the darn thing past the foyer yet. "Oh, I'm looking for a job too! So if you know anyone whose looking to hire I'd love it if you would recommend me! Other than that nothing is going on. Actually, Tyson has been building on his collection of superhero knick knacks but that's the usual. He has been drawing a lot, his pictures are mostly of people he knows. I've seen a few with you in them a long with," Lillian shuddered, "Rivener."

The teen paused herself as she realized that she'd been babbling infront of him. "Oh excuse me, Aphi. As you can see, this is a whole new experience for me. Overall, my biggest fear is that this raevan and I won't get along. What if they hate me? Or what if I can't stand the way they act? Hasn't Rivener always acted well...you know, since he was created?"

"That's really nice..." A voice squeaked from the doorway of Aphismet's and Rivener's painting room. So much for finding the bathroom. All Tyson found behind the door was the raevan he was trying to avoid.

"So you like to paint?" The boy couldn't stop his wandering eyes as they scanned each and every painting in the room. "You're really good. Did you paint everything in here?" He asked as quietly as he could. The little guy's attitude towards Rivener had definitely changed since the last time they'd been together. Tyson's voice was now barely above audible and no longer did he run to Riv grinning and greet him with a loud "Hello". Instead, he remained safely in the doorway, and rarely did he attempt any sort of eye contact with the raevan.

"I thought something like that." Lillian sat back in the chair as her arms folded over her chest. She knew Aphismet couldn't have raised Rivener like that, the young man was too good of a person. Although, to hear that Rivener could actually say, "I love you" and be sensibly sweet to her just sounded...weird.

She didn't want to, and she tried to distract herself but Lil couldn't fight off the blush that swarm over her. Aphismet's words just tickled her pink whether she liked it or not. "You're too sweet, Aphi. Thanks but you have no idea. Anyways, how have you been? Anything exciting going on in your life now?"

Since they were on the topic of how their lives were going, Lil was happy to ask Aphismet. Sad to say she didn't know a lot about him, and this was the best way to learn more.


He hadn't expected a warm Howdy Doody welcome from Rivener, atleast it was less scarey than what he had been planning for. Tyson slowly walked into the room as Rivener answered his questions. The other had given him a dark look, but his voice still did not rise to a threatening tone. So maybe it was safe to journey into the lion's den just a little bit further? All he needed to do was tread lightly and not make any sudden movements.

"What are you painting now?" Tyson squeaked after his feet planted themselves to the floor a few feet away from Rivener. He still didn't want to get too close to the raevan, but the urge to see his in-progress painting was too strong not to atleast get a glimpse of it. Rivener hadn't struck Tyson as the artistic type of person. Yet once he had looked over Rivener's paintings that were in their respectful area it was crystal clear that he loved creating art.

Lillian laughed and happily listened to him, "Our lives are pretty similar then. Especially when it concerns keeping our homes together and our families well. Oh yeah! Alex did mention something about that! Tyson talked about her too. Munchies I mean, that was what you named her right?" She questioned. It was a cute name to give a gwee, and it fit perfectly with Aphismet being a chef.

Tyson looked down at the floor once Rivener snapped at him. "Of course we have our own home. We just came over to show Aphi the soul bottle and essence of our raevan." He told him, daring to take a glance up at Rivener as he spoke. Too bad he hadn't brought the package up with him so he could show Riv. Although he didn't think he'd run into the raevan.

"Riv, I'm really sorry I made you mad last time. I didn't mean to." The child suddenly blurted. While he was in his presence, he might as well tell him what he'd been wanting to back at the Summer Festival. It was a simple apology, one that Tyson had strong doubts about. "I bet you won't forgive me, but I have been feeling really bad about it."

"Demonsheep?" Lil arched a brow before she recalled the awful little critter, "That thing! Ugh, I remember now..." She rubbed her forehead rcalling the menacing creature. How many complaints she did receive at the adoption booth from it again? There were just too many to recall right off the top of her head.

She had begun to make an attempt at counting the heads of the complainers, but her train of thought was shattered by the sudden sound. The "ding!" only took a second to bang against Lillian's eardrums before she was close to rocketing through the roof. She had pushed the chair out quickly and stood up with her hands firmly pressed against the table top. Unknown to the teen, she had painted herself into a picture of fear.

Briefly did she get her heartrate down to smile at Aphismet, happy to hear that the food was done before the color faded from her once-pink cheeks. If Aphismet hadn't told Rivener of their coming, then that meant...that meant Tyson could have run into him. Furthermore it meant that the raevan could have done something to him.

Without another thought Lillian hurried herself out of the kitchen, calling out to Aphismet, "Okay!" To hide her worry. Even though it was a frutile attempt.

Tyson wringed his hands into the denim material of his jeans. It was painful to listen to Rivener tear through his being with his venomous words. His final words made the child look up and keep eye contact with the scorpion being, "Really? But," Tyson looked torn as his mind chewed over what he wanted to say. "I need to stay happy. Dad said that everything will keep being okay if I am happy and that he and Mom will be happy no matter what if I am. If they become sad because I do, then something could happen to them. Their heart's might break."

Tyson looked up at Rivener with his mouth agape, nearly knocked off his feet from the shock. The raevan was comforting him? His voice may not have been like a women's as she cooed her crying child to sleep, but it still held sincerity.

The child wiped at his eyes to banish the tears away. So now Rivener wanted him to be happy? But not his usual happy? "Alright. Promise me that you won't get too mad at me and I will promise you that I won't be wild anymore." He extended his pinky finger to seal the deal even though he didn't know whether or not the raevan knew about pinky promises. The other did make a point, even though it was a tough one for him to succeed in. Tyson loved to talk, and he loved to run, but maybe he could adjust himself when he was around Rivener? That way the raevan could like him.

Lillian's frown deepened as she looked into another unoccupied room in her search for Tyson. The house wasn't THAT big, and besides if they had gone out the raevan and her brother couldn't have gotten far. Tyson knew not to go with strangers, although Lil highly doubted that her eccentric little brother thought of Rivener as such a thing. Bah, she needed to stop thinking of such negative thoughts!

The wait for Rivener's agreement felt like it took forever. Even so, Tyson stood patiently infront of Rivener barely moving his limbs. Instead, his insides did all the nervous wiggling for him.

When the other's pinky, so different than his own, coiled around his, a broad smile lit up Tyson's face. The feel of relief as it washed over him was easiily describable as pure bliss. Aphi was right! If he acted calm and restricted around Rivener, maybe there was hope for a friendship between them!

"I promise to be on my best behaviour." Tyson told him, his voice sounding as honest as it could be.

"Come on you two!" Lillian called from the doorway after they had let go. Finally she had found the correct room. While she had been searching and keeping her feet from running off into a total sprint; Lil had opened almost every door that she'd come across. It wasn't a surprise that such an old looking house had a couple of various rooms to it.

The scene that she had walked in on, Lil realized once she had gone in, was entirely different than that she had prepared herself for. Tyson wasn't crying, nor did he look afraid. Rivener was being...nice to him. Surely she had walked into a different dimension on her way up the stairs. This raevan couldn't have been the guy who talked so rudely and gave them dirty looks at the past Valentines day festival. Nor could he have been the one Lil later learned at home who had screamed at Tyson during the recent summer festival.

Well, whatever, Lil didn't care. She just needed to grab Tyson and take him downstairs to enjoy Aphismet's well-prepared meal.

"Are you coming, Rivener?" Lil asked as Tyson walked over to stand by her.

"You should Riv! It smells good!" Tyson suggested before he was scooted down the hall by Lillian. "Maybe later, if you want, you could teach me how to paint?" The tyke quickly added before he was too far away down the hall for Rivener to hear him. It sounded like a good idea to the boy, a perfect way to start a friendship, and he even left in an opening for Riv to say no if he didn't want to.