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Silva growled under his breath, grabbing Aleric's arm and dragging him towards Arae and Averno's house. The other male had been out of it ever since he got that damn flute. It was enough to piss a feien off. At least if the feien was Silva, that was.

"I'm not quite ready for this, Silva." Aleric said. "I haven't properly learned how to play. If I go to Arae unable to play she might think I wasted my time--"

"I don't think she'll care, old man. And you're damn well creeping me out with your new... toy. Once you get around a bit of real T&A it'll knock you back to your senses." Silva said. At least he hoped that was what would happen. And it was a sign of how far gone Aleric was when he didn't b***h about the T&A comment. Silva pushed him forward. "There, go ring the bell."

Aleric stumbled through the air, his shoulder hitting the doorbell. Silva winced, mentally noting that that push was a bit too hard when the old man wasn't paying attention.

"Excuse me." Aleric said, pulling away from the doorbell. "I suppose I should have checked the garden first." He said idly. It was like the sight of Sajhiri and the two young ones had startled him back into himself for the moment. "Is Arae home? I have something to show her."

"I'm not a--" Silva bit back a curse, remembering how often Ice had yelled at him for doing that in front of babies. But his scowl showed what he was thinking. "Butterfly." He finally said coldly as he chewed on his toothpick. "But I suppose I should talk to Averno while we're here. She here?"

Aleric smiled at the baby, moving forward. He wasn't worried about being hurt, after all. He was pretty tough for a feien. "My name is Aleric, and this is my bondbrother, Silva. We're Ice Queen's bonds." He announced semi-formally.

Silva just looked up at the house, wondering which window would show Averno peeking out at him... or worse, throwing something out at him. He hadn't told her he was leaving, after all...

Aleric jerked, flying backwards in shock at Sajhiri's words. He didn't even notice that he was evading Rebecca's grasp at the same time. "They did what?" He asked blankly.

"You're kidding me." Silva muttered. "Just how in the--" He bit back another curse. "Heck do they think they can help us?"

"That's not the point, Silva! They've put themselves in danger!" Aleric told his brother irritably. "I told Arae that I wouldn't let anything happen, but--"

Silva scowled, crossing his arms over his chest. But the way he was chewing on his toothpick showed just how troubled he was by this news. "Stupid brat." He muttered, thinking of Averno.

"We were, for a little while." Silva said idly. "But we've already finished the quest." Images of Averno getting ripped into pieces by rabid squirrels flashed through his head. It had been bad enough when Soho had almost been killed, but at least he had been there!

"And it's bratty when she knows damn well I've been doing stuff like that since I was a kid. She's not strong enough to go up against that bear..." He cursed again and turned. "Come on, Aleric, we've got to go back to New York." He muttered.

"Manhatten?" Both males asked blankly.

"A clock tower?" Silva repeated.

"It seems..." Aleric started out with a relieved smile. "That they got the wrong quest."

"Thank God." Silva muttered, running a hand over his face.

"When do you think they'll be back?" Aleric asked with a little smile. "I was hoping to show Arae my flute." He held out the flute in question.

"Alright." Silva said. He was hiding his relief, but Aleric could feel it. "Then we should get going."

"Thank you." Aleric said, pulling the flute out of reach of the child. "We appreciate it."

Silva snorted as they started to fly away. "Hell, I'm more than willing to show Averno my flute, as well."

"But you don't have a flute, Silva." Aleric said in confusion.

"Damn asexual bodies."