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Ephraim looked toward Alihi after her sudden comment of him acting motherly. Truth be told, he didn't realize it until she said it out loud which kinda embaressed him a little. "U-Uh...." not really sure how to respond to that, he only scratched the side of his cheek. This was normally how he acted to Myrrh when he took her out to play or when they visited one another...maybe it was just that action kicking in...or the fact that he missed home just a little. He didn't know, but Ephraim didn't mind it now.

When Amara spoke, it brought him out of his thoughts and looked at the girl and blinked. "Sure" He turned his back to her and allowed her to climb up onto his back. After she got used to her climb, he stood up and moved his arm behind him like a chair for her to sit in so she doesn't fall off. "Shall we?"

"Maybe that's the reason why"




Castello chuckled, sweeping quickly around Annis, circling above the market slowly. He looked away for a moment, his sharp eyes focusing in on the streets below him. Look for... any of the others... He could see Shento on a roof, thinking he was sneaky. Pff.

And... ooh, he could see a restaurant! A fancy-looking place, at that. But he didn't have any cash, or anything people would probably take today...

He returned to Annis, flapping his wings slowly. "Well! Nice meeting you, and we really should talk sometime, but I've gotta get back to my friends. Just up stretching my wings, yeah?" He reached out and gently shook the other Raven's hand, then moved back and dipped down toward the street, flared his wings, and dropped into the crowd.

As he made his way along the street, he opened up Annis' wallet to see what he had to work with. "Ha ha!" he laughed, jogging along toward his friends again. "That should do, that should certainly do..." The handsome Raven slipped the pouch of coin into an inside pocket in his shirt, and lightly bumped against a Warrior walking toward the makeshift arena.

For the rest of the day, that warrior was perplexed by the way his bangs fell in front of his eyes.

"Teifi!" Castello called as he jogged back to his friends. "I got you a little gift, Mom," he teased, holding out a swanky black headband with a steel plate affixed to the front. "I, ah... won it from a game." Quite a large group had clustered around his friends now, Castello noted. And with his sensitive laguz ears, he could hear Kyros' stomach even through all the noise around them.

"I spotted a nice restaurant," he added meaningfully, pulling the little coin pouch out of his jacket. "My treat, guys." His face split into a grin as he shifted, slipping his hands into his pockets and offering Nino a little wink. "And hey to you, too," he purred, running his fingers through his hair, just above his right temple.

"And also.." Sue felt almost shameless for this, but she had to get some gold rolling in. "I run a bow shop not to far away. If any of you like to use them as weapons... or if you like collecting hand-made nomadic collectibles, I have a lot I've made."

"Maybe that's the reason why"




"Oh, well! We're a bit short on cash, I'm afraid... enough for lunch and that's about it. There's nine of us," said the Raven. "We'll manage, you know? We always do." He flashed her a smile and stretched, taking a closer look at the short green mage. His eyes were drawn, at first glance, to her chest, but more specifically to the shiny silver broach of her cloak.

Alihi laughed again, seeing him react to her comment. "It's not an insult, Ephraim, I swear. The little one wouldn't be too pleased with me if I insulted her big brother Ephie. Isn't that right, Amara?" She turned and grinned at her daughter, poking her nose with one finger.

Amara giggled. "Mommy~"

The tactician reached to ruffle Amara's hair, since at the moment the little girl was taller than her. "Sorry that the little one pretty much forced you to follow us." Alihi said softly, lowering her hand and looking at Ephraim. "Was there anything you wanted to do? I'd feel kind of guilty if we ruined your plans..."

There really were a lot of people approaching. Sue and Oujay had been there for a little while, then Rhys and Jin came over, then Nino, who seemed to be directing her attention to Teifi (as many of them were), and finally a rather large man (With a really large axe, Amelia observed) that addressed the party in general. Amelia started to get a little overwhelmed at speaking to everyone, glad when Sue finally addressed her specifically, allowing her to focus her attention.

"Rei? I... no, I haven't seen him. Is he still studying at the manor?" Amelia questioned, frowning. They'd told him to come down and relax, hadn't they? Someone had to have told him that. It was bad for him to stay cooped up in the library for so long. A raven laguz (An odd sight, not many flighted laguz around here, Amelia decided once she'd actually registered it) approached carrying a headband for Teifi, but Amelia's thoughts were still with Rei. If he's still reading...

Hearing Kyros laugh right near her made Amelia flinch back to reality (literally), and then yelped as he suddenly picked her right up into the air. Before she was able to make any protests, she was sitting on his unoccupied shoulder, and Amelia instinctively held onto the collar of his shirt with her free hand, the other still awkwardly holding onto her spear. "Lunch sounds fantastic, little Amelia! Lead the way!"

Little? Amelia thought, dazed now as she tried to keep up; first she was just going to have lunch, now she was getting an impromptu ride, and now she was the guide? Wait, I was going to guide them from the beginning, right? Amelia cast her gaze over to Castello as Kyros spoke (shouted, really; it made Amelia flinch each time his booming voice started to sound), then back ahead as finally, Kyros addressed her again.

"So, Amelia, where to, kiddo?"

"Ah, it's... this way, about two blocks, and one block to the east after that," Amelia instructed, pointing her lance ahead, then to the left. She paused, then started to add, unsure if he'd even pay attention, "But what about Rhys, or... Nino or the others?"

Nino had noticed Castello's eyes go where they did, however, she interpreted it differently. Instead of thinking she was looking at the shiny fastener on her cloak, she thought he was looking... Elsewhere. She crossed her arms and gave another nervous smile. As she went to speak to him, however, the group began to move to follow Amelia.

She moved closer to Amelia as she heard her say something about her and Rhys.

"Jeez, this crowd is overwhelming... I'll go with." She wanted to say something to her, but she was up on Kyros' shoulder. She shook her head.

Nino followed the crowd to wherever lunch was being held.