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A smile on his face, Chaco took Silas, "It's nice to meet you, Sy." He really needed to start meeting more Sin'aeis. It had been too long since he'd spent a lot of time with one of his own kind, ignoring Illesi's existence.

And so he led the way to the mansion, which fortunately wasn't too far away. Four or five blocks, and when you compared that to how much walking it took to go all the way around the mansion, it wasn't much.

Finally they arrived, and as they stepped through the large gates, you could see the mansion in the distance, in all its three-storied (plus basement and attic) glory. "Welcome to the Shiroko Estate. This is my home."

Noticing Sy squiggling in his arm, Chaco shifted the small boy around to get a better look at the mansion as they walked. It really was a large house. Chaco usually flew his way in, as opposed to walking, because really. It was a long driveway. But with people with him, he couldn't, so walking it was!

"My uncle is an assassin and was the one to pay for everything. Still does, actually." He hadn't seen uncle Kunny in nearly three weeks now, though. Chaco would probably have to ask Aylee if she'd seen him at all.

"We used to live in a small house," said Chaco, as they finally reached the mansion itself, "But the family was getting to big, and mom wanted a larger laboratory, so she asked her brother to build this mansion for her." After a moment, he realized some explanation might be due, "Uh. My mom's kinda... a scientist. Er. Inventor. Of sorts. Though unless she builds it herself from scratch, any electronic devices she plays with explode. It's... weird."

Weird explained Chaco's family exactly, actually. Everything about all of them was strange, except maybe Kunny. But even that was a stretch.

"Anyway, you two could stay here if you like," Chaco said, looking down at Sy, "We certainly have the space."

Silas was so easily appeased. "That's all right. But if you ever need a place to stay, feel free." But boat? That was interesting, "Where do you live and work, if I may ask?" Chaco said, smiling as he opened the front door and entered the mansion.

Ryuu was just inside, dusting a particularly large and expensive looking vase. He stopped in his work to bow politely to Chaco and guests, then returned to the dusting.

After giving Ryuu a brief nod (he was finally used to the android helping out around the house), Chaco turned back to Jesse, "That's an... interesting way to live. I've always had a stable life, myself. I mean, there was one time mom took me to some island somewhere for a few weeks, but that wasn't really..."

"Ah, anyway. We've got a lot of places around the mansion, including the pool, hot springs, ah... Kitchen, computer lab." He wasn't really sure what to suggest, "Whatever you might like to do? Mom's even having a playground room set up, upstairs, but it's still being built."

"Yeah, you should see the heating bill," said Chaco, smiling. He'd seen the one from last month. It was, ah, probably a good thing that uncle Kunny was always working.

"Well, suppose we could go up to the nursery. There are some toys in there, for my siblings and for the children who have just been bound, yet to go to protectors." The nursery had been vacant for a while. Chaco should really start binding more souls, and there were many to do, but somehow... He couldn't find the time.

Nodding, Chaco led the way up the stairs. The nursery was right next to the stairs, which was why Chaco had chosen the location. It was easy to find, or get to in a hurry.

The floor of the nursery was spotless, with empty cribs in the corner, and boxes full of toys around the edges. They were mostly for babies and toddlers, with very few of them for older children. "Play with what you want! You can even take a couple if you'd like. We don't have much of a use for them at the moment, and can always buy more."