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As much as Rhine wanted to see and to talk to Surion... now that he was face to face with him he was suddenly angry. Didn't Surion have an ounce of compassion. He knew that his mother would have not left Surion out. He snorted and then sighed and decided to just let things ride out.

"You been here long?" He asked in attempts to figure out how long he'd been away. He was trying his best not to sound protective of his wife but it was just something that had recently started happening.

He motions towards Keeta "She's right, about an hour or so, kinda catching up on everything" he tried to keep the tension out of his voice, tried to keep it calm as he could though the sadness crept through without a problem. He glances down at Senti, says nothing, aloud at least and a moment later the head of the dragonette bobs a little and it scitters off, stops about half way tot he water and looks over its shoulder at the trio then continues to rejoin the kids and kuyl

Keeta put her hands up in a defensive motion, not like she thought anyone was going to do something to her. It was more that she didn't want to be accused of doing anything out of line.

"I won't pretend to know what things Ceres would or would not have done. You grew up with her....but whether she did or did not leave a note, Surion didn't know until now..." Keeta was about to say something else, but then she noticed Natalia approaching. She tried to subtly get Rhine and Surion's attention, making them aware that their conversation could not be so candid now.

"Having fun Natalia?" Keeta said with a smile. "You seem to be keeping Joel and Camille happy. I appreciate it."

"Surion?" Natalia question when she was close enough to get a good look at the blue haired male. She slowly knelt down to reach out for the other dragonette. She liked this one most and was disappointed when he'd scampered off. "He likes lunch meat," she said out of the blue. She didn't know how she knew she just knew.

Rhine looked from Surion to Natalia. He tried not to look surprised. But it was a little hard considering that Natalia did some out of the ordinary things... He glanced back at Keeta, and just smiled.

"You're right, he does like his lunch meat... he'll leave everything else behind." He called at the dragonette who missed Nat in the link between them. The dragonette stops and looks up then hurries back towards them and to Nat chittering at her.

Surion's mind was half there as he spoke, it was in a million places all at once, but he hid it from Nat

Keeta watched Natalia until she had rejoined the children, smiling as Joel and Camille each gave her a hug and started to run around, trying to get Natalia to chase them. Her attention was directed back to the conversation at hand though, by her husband's question.

Her brow furrowed in confusion, as Rhine's question didn't make sense to her, but maybe Surion would take something from it that she couldn't. Either way, she didn't inturrupt, waiting to see what their friend would say in reply.

"It all seems never ending," Rhine said in short tones. The tip of his tail lifted and smacked in the sand. His discomfort was obvious. He loved the beach for the water but hated it for the sand and the salt.

"I just don't know which problem to start fixing first," he sighed and ruffled his hair. "My sister, my sister, or my sisters..." he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I know Keeta and myself will work things out. We always do. We always manage. I just wish it would stop raining."

He leaned back on his elbows. He instinctively moved his towel over the toweled area of his body. He wasn't about to risk it with kids around. But in honesty he was becoming more and more fidgety. He would be able to hand the salt and sand to much longer... at least not without water involved.