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"That's fine and all," Earendil frowned, "but he was the one who threw us in there in the first place. Without cause or explanation. He asked us to follow him into the castle, and then boom! Bars."

Vergil thought about it, and wandered over to sit by Cindy's feet. "That doesn't sound very nice of him," he said flatly. "Why would he lock you up without a reason?"

Earendil shrugged. "Because we were different than them? Because we took them by surprise? Who knows?"

Vergil was confused. "What does Aerin have to do with him?" he asked, tugging on Cindy's skirt gently to get her attention. "Mother, why would a prince in a far off country care about Aerin enough to let people out of jail?"

He really didn't pay attention to things when he didn't have to. Sure, he had been present the day before, but had he really been listening to what was going on? Not likely.

Vergil blinked. He didn't care much one way or the other about princes and princesses, having spent a few years here already, he was pretty much desensitized, since all the Aldriches were of royal blood. But there was one thing that he had to wonder.

"What the hell is she doing all the way out here, then, if her family is way over there?" he asked, astonished.

Vergil wasn't quite listening to Lin. He was paying more attention to Donovan and Kara. He wasn't quite used to seeing that kind of interaction ... he didn't spend a lot of time with Ulrich and Ulani, and of course Shael and Adonai didn't have that type of relationship.

"She hit him!" he exclaimed to Cindy, pointing at Kara and Donovan. "I thought you're not supposed to hit people!"

"Well I'm just little!" Vergil replied, standing up to his full height (at which he didn't even reach Cindy's knee). "So I can't hit hard either, but I'm not allowed to hit anyone! Not even Ruran! And he's mean to me!"

He pouted. It wasn't fair!

Vergil frowned up at Cindy. "You don't hit me when I swear," he pointed out. "And don't we trust each other? I know you would never hurt me bad, and I would never hurt you!"

Earendil couldn't help but be amused as he watched the debate. He had never really seen a difficult child like this before, and as much as he knew he shouldn't encourage it by being entertained by it, he just couldn't help it. It seemed as though Cindy had her hands full with him.

Vergil scowled. "And everyone wonders why I don't care that I'm not ever gonna grow up. Grownups are so weird. First they say don't hit, then they say hitting means you love someone."

He jammed his hands deep into his pockets and headed off towards the study. "I'm gonna go read my lessons," he told the others in an overly loud voice, "since that's where I can actually learn something."

Earendil laughed. "Come on, you don't have to go away so soon!" he grinned.

Earendil chuckled softly at Lin. "I've just never seen anyone as difficult as him," he murmured back quietly. "Yes, this is amusing to me. If I ever had any kids, I hope they wouldn't behave this way, but really, considering he had lived on his own for such a long time before even coming to Cindy ..."

Well, he figured that the boy was doing fairly well.

It was just amusing, was all.

Vergil wasn't amused though. "Maybe I'll come out and talk to you all again later," he told them all as he disappeared into the study. "And maybe not!"

And the door shut slowly behind him (which was probably a result of the hardest slam he could muster).