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Bushi gave his Sprite a glance, opening his mouth to say 'you mean hurt someone again' but the words didn't escape him. Instead he closed his mouth, considered her words, then said, "So long as I deal with the fines coming my way then I'm sure everything will work out." He said finally, deciding that he really should try to put her heart at ease. He couldn't help but to wonder though about said fines, what they would be, how high, what his past actions would do to balance them out, and so on.

As she mentioned that she didn't want to be nice he gave a slight wince, then said, "Yes, no reason to put this off any longer." With that he turned on his heel, leading the way first to where he left the twins and called out, "Shura, Dovian, we are heading out now." With that he turned and headed for the door. The sooner that they got to the Janarim's Skull the sooner they could talk with Hestian and be done with all of this bad business. Once it became just water under the bridge then they would all be able to continue with life as usual.

She noticed that he opened his mouth to say something and she stopped to look at him. Since he seemed to think better of his words she narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously. Phaedra now wondered what exactly had been going through his mind. "I hope the fines aren't too large." She still didn't understand how Bushi's world worked.

Once he started to lead the way she followed, her small crate in hand. If they waited too much longer then the treats would be cold and not taste as yummy as they were intended to. Phae looked at her two children and smiled as if they were simply going out for a family night. "Shura, sweetie, make sure to keep an eye on your brother." Which was mom code for 'hit anyone who tries to hurt him.'

"I'm hoping the same but I am willing to pay whatever fines are required of me." If it meant keeping his family safe and together he felt that whatever Hestian asked for would be more then fair. There were just so many factors to take in that he couldn't help but to wonder what his boss might be thinking at the moment. Was he doing what Bushi was presently doing, which was going over the figures in his head. Well, projected figures at least. He couldn't really guess at exactly what Hestian might be thinking after all, the man was on a whole other level then what Bushi did for work.

Looking over at Dovian as he asked he gave a slight sigh, "Not all of us have to go but one of us in particular volunteered. A good thing since your mother wants her to keep an eye on you." It might be for the best that Shura played the role of bodyguard, if only to put Phaedra and Dovian at ease with everything that was going on at the moment. Whatever made this go more smoothly he thought to himself as he headed out of the restaurant, leading the way to where they would be meeting up with Laine first, followed by Hestian.

"Why? Half because you were taking things in his territory and half as a formality. If you apologize then he will see that as you acting in a mature fashion despite what you did and will look more favorably upon the situation as a whole." He explained in a hushed tone, not wanting just anyone to hear what he was saying.

Phaedra made sure to keep her attention on the conversation in case she needed to know anything. As she learned that Hestian more or less wanted the apology from her son as a show she seemed to dislike the man even more. The things that went through her mind were not exactly pleasant. Phae did keep them all to herself though. She didn't think her children needed to know what she was thinking, nor did Bushi for that matter. It would likely make him stare at her with wide eyes.

Moving her green gaze to her daughter she smiled at her. "Thank you sweetie. Remind me to take you shopping later." Mostly as a reward for being so brave for her brother but also because Phaedra herself wanted to get something for her daughter. It had been a while since she'd had time alone with Shura. "Dovian, did you remember to bring your gift?" Might as well make sure they were all prepared for what was coming.

The walk to where they were going was a fairly quick one, though it took them from the more reputable parts of the area to one that was slightly less so. Upon spotting the sign which was just that of the bar's namesake along with the written out name as well Bushi pointed, "We will be meeting with Hestian there." He paused glanced at Phaedra, then said, "Well, not there exactly. We are going in through a side door into the back room. That way we won't actually have to take the twins through the bar." Best to reassure her or else she might end up in a worse mood.

Looking around for a moment he spotted Laine before lifting a hand, waving at the woman. The Oban woman pushed away from where she was standing and moved over to join them, "Wonderful, you're all here. The Boss is ready for you any time." She said, moving to lead them through the alleyway and to a side door. After knocking in a specific manner she opened the door and motioned to the group, "Head on in, I will stand watch here."

Bushi nodded his head, "Thank you, Laine." He said before heading in first. The back room was lit with the low light of a couple torches and Hestian sat in a seat behind a desk, on the other side of which stood three seats. It seemed he was definitely not expecting a fourth visitor. The man looked nothing like Shura guessed him to look. In fact if nobody knew better they would just expect him to be a father or grandfather given his amiable look and greying hair.

Bushi moved to take the middle seat and said, "Shura, stand behind your brother."

Dovian paused as he saw where it was they were going. His eyes, ones that mimicked his mother's color, looked at his dad with shock. Was he really going to take them in there!? Not just him and Shura but their sweet mom too? Dovian looked skyward and prayed that his mother didn't have to deal with anyone bad.

As another woman approached and started to speak he looked from her to his dad then to his mom before finally landing on his sister. Dovian wished he was anywhere but there at the moment. Still, he followed Bushi in and when he noticed the three chairs he looked around for a fourth. He didn't come to lay eyes on the guy behind the desk until he had determined that there was no fourth chair. As Shura told him where to sit he said nothing and just moved to take his seat. For now he would stay quiet and wait to see what happened. Not to mention he really wasn't all that sure what to do.

Hestian gave the group a once over as they came to sit down before him, one more of them present then he'd been expecting. It appeared as though Bushi's second child had tagged along as well? He starred a moment before his deep red eyes dropped to the papers that were settled down before him, papers that he shuffled through once more as he considered what he was going to say.

"Busy day the other day, Bushi." He said as he finally looked up from the papers he'd been eyeing. He gave a thoughtful hum before he began, "Stealing in my territory without permission from the guild, attacking a fellow member, assuring said member wouldn't be returning to work, fighting in the streets, and otherwise causing a ruckus." He looked at each person present save for Shura, not seeing her as a part of all of this presently. Giving a shake of his head he set the papers aside and then seemed to consider the other half of things.

"On the other hand we have Gorvis laying hands on a protected family, trying to recruit a child without permission from the parents or instruction from myself, stabbing a child, and trying to forcefully recruit a... and I reading this right, a cook?" He blinked a couple times, then shook his head, "On top of that there was the deal between the two of us, Bushi, as well as my in with Matori that is on the line because of the infraction of said deal." If he lost that then his dreams of a Matorian wife at his side would never come true! Not something he meant to risk.

After he shuffled through the papers he finally said, "I suppose with all things considered you will pay the fine equal to that of someone buying their way out of the guild, and I will have assurances that if your son wishes to try his hands at the craft again that he will come to me first. I can't have just anyone running about snagging things or the whole system breaks down, not to mention I can't protect people from the guards if I don't even know their working the beat. It would also be a service if you would allow the members of the guild to eat at your restaurant, Miss Bushi, as they are always looking for safe havens in which to hang out that also have good food."

Bushi, who had remained silent to this point, nodded his head. Getting to his feet he retrieved a bag of coin from his pocket, and set it on the desk in front of Hestian, "The price for 'buying out' Gorvis as well as a tribute that I feel is fair. We did cause you a lot of trouble. The last thing we want is to give you a heart attack, boss."

"You did make a valiant attempt at giving me heart problems. Not to mention that I should very well punish you for bribing Mera as you did... but at the same time I can understand why it was done. I wouldn't have stood by and allowed my child, any of them, to get harmed in such a way either." Just thinking about it made the older man's nose wrinkle a bit before he set to counting through the coin quickly that had been offered to him.