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He was just starting to move into motion when that sudden feeling struck him and made him plop down in the seat opposite the other at the table, blinking a few times as he felt himself slipping. Ow...what the hell was that? Pain was a good answer but he focused his eyes on the other as he gripped at his chest lightly. Don't pass out Vale. Don't pass...out...

"Well, you're tired and you're eating different and acting different. It's plausible to assume you are. Even we did but we checked. They can think what they want to think. Unless you're really that upset about it then we can make an annoucement so people will stop bothering you. Or we can get rid of your stress and people will realize it was just that."

"Yes you have. I'm just so used to the flurry of papers and the rounds and the uniform and so on and so forth. You know it's particularly hard for me to stay still and the like unless I've chosen to."

Tracing the path was almost damn near impossible but she managed to do it just before the trail disappeared entirely. She hit the floor in between the chair and the cell, crouched and wincing at the hard floor beneath her feet. "What precisely do you think you're doing with him?"

"Clearly others think they know better than we do." Shaking her head about that and hiding a yawn behind her hand. "Are thinks you need to take me to the beach for a day of relaxation and enjoyment in the sun. She thinks that will work wonders for my stress."

"And it only got worse after the twins were born." He'd been such a flurry of activity then and while she was pregnant, too. "I can run up to the office and get you something to do if you're really going crazy, Ty." Getting up to check on the babies as they made noise and shifted and such.

He hated magical lightning...it was useless for killing anyone but perfect for stopping them and getting the better of them. Though the first thing he noticed...was the smell. The smell of the Depths and all that came with it. Then he recognized he was out the outpost and old fears crept up on him. Despite all the change above ground....Mahlari had been quite resistant. Rather than risk a war from dethroning her, they let her think she was winning...and her daughter was the one playing a hand in new things, though the girl was too young to wield power on her own. Vale got himself back together, quickly as he could and got himself up. "And what are you going to do if I don't tell you anything? Kill me? Not the best way to ask for things you want. You could try and please."

"That sounds like a subtle hint. I suppose she gets to be right then. Shall I take you today or would you rather go tomorrow and sun up and spent till sun down there?"

"I'm just a busy body. I can't help myself." Shrugging and giving her a roll of his eyes but a smile none the less. "Now you know five minutes into it you'd think I was thinking too hard on something and stop me. How about we go sit out on the balcony for a while." One old and favored activity for them.

"Yes he is. I thought you were going to dig with all the other boys. Better get to it before there's no shiny things left for you." As for her, this was just a watching trip for her.

he glanced at the woman. clever girl. before back to the male.

"anything I chose to. If you'd like to watch and take notes, feel free. but don't get in the way."

getting himself up and walking toward the cell with a smirk, before his color went from pale to black, hair from blond to bone white. that'll help him blend a bit more if others could see past his glamor.

"Kill you? why would I kill you. there are fates far, far worse then death, my dear elf. even for your ling lived kind. And I know a great many of them. like for example. even flimsy bonds between mother and son for your kind, if severed can cause a great deal of mental and physical pain and stress. Or how about a wasting disease. you'll live through that far longer then mortal man does, and the isolation it'll force will probably rot your mind if the disease doesn't first."

calmly watching a moment.

"Now. I want to know everything you know about this 'master rune mage' that runs the 'brigade' and I want to know where all the other master rune mages are to your knowledge. who are the ruling council, and where are they. lets start with those simple things and work from there."

"No, I'm just saying you came along for a point didn't you? Waste too much time and well you go home empy handed." Settling herself down in a spot that had an excellent view in a sense of the word. Let the boys pick and play as they wanted.

He scoffed and turned his back on the other. "Threaten all you want, I'm not going to tell you anything just because you're doing it. You would have been better off trying to be a spy and blending in than doing it this way. Bad form on your part."

"Thanks for dropping by Are. Make sure to do it more often but for now, she needs her rest." Scooping her up then and taking her inside so she could start destressing and so he could hand off things to others so he could clear his schedule.

"Of course I am, but there's not too much I can do about it right now what with not being able to get up and actively chase after people that pop up. I'm trying to behave myself and no one is making it easy."

"You're not going to make me reverie right now, are you, Nyc?" Because that sounded like that's where he was going with this 'needs her rest.' "You just got home and I'm really not tired. I mean I feel worn out but I don't think I could reverie right now and I missed you."

"Yes, I know. Things always go wrong when the father figure is out of commission." Giving a chuckle to that and petting through his hair some. "Vale reports to me in the morning so I'll find out more from him. He'll handle Skylar and in the meantime, you Master Ty, get to sit here and keep me company while we keep you from doing what you aren't supposed to. Alright?"

She saw it, registered it, and decided to wait. Vale could handle noxious gases. They were trained for this kind of thing in Brigade.

Unwrapping one of the bands of copper colored cloth from around his arm, he drapped it over his nose and mouth, tying the back ends behind his ears and tucking the bottom into his high collared tunic. It would by no means stop the inevitable but it would slow and diminish the effects. "Me testing you...I think you're the one testing me. Do your worst, you don't scare me. You think I'll betray all the things important to me and everyone else? Think better of that."

"Alright, you don't have to reverie but you're at least not going to be romping around and such things. We'll sit quietly together and just relax. I can't have you getting sick on me because then we're both out of luck for all things fun."

"They like to goof off when they know I'm not around to rap them across the knuckles." He knew a part of her enjoyed his 'misery' of the moment. Admittedly he did too, though he'd never completely fess up to that out loud. "Can I at least cook dinner tonight?"